Verse 1
You remember me with my whole heart open
Believing forever every time you spoke it
Back when I thought love was enough
Back before life got rough
You knew the girl who needed saving
Still thought happy endings came easy maybe
But you missed the years between then and now
You'd hardly recognize me somehow
Pre-Chorus
While you were chasing your own way home
I was learning how to stand alone
Chorus
I'm not the girl you left behind
She's a ghost from another life
She cried all night, she lost her mind
Trying to hold on to goodbye
You never saw the miles I walked
The nights I broke, the strength it cost
You know the girl from long ago
But not the woman...
The woman I became
Oh-oh-oh
You never saw the woman I became
Oh-oh-oh
The woman I became
Verse 2
There were days I couldn't stop the hurting
Wondering if any of it had been worth it
Everybody said I'd be alright
But they weren't there those nights
I learned to laugh when my heart was aching
Found new dreams when the old ones were breaking
Built myself back piece by piece
Found a little bit of peace
Pre-Chorus
While the world kept turning without me
I found someone worth believing in
Me
Chorus
I'm not the girl you left behind
She's a ghost from another life
She cried all night, she lost her mind
Trying to hold on to goodbye
You never saw the miles I walked
The nights I broke, the strength it cost
You know the girl from long ago
But not the woman...
The woman I became
Oh-oh-oh
You never saw the woman I became
Oh-oh-oh
The woman I became
Bridge
And if you saw me now
Would you even know my name?
Would you see the fire
That rose up from the flames?
All those years I thought I needed you
Just to find out I could make it through
Final Chorus
I'm not the girl you left behind
She's a story from another time
She held on tight, she fell apart
I carried her broken heart
You never saw the fight in me
The scars, the hope, the healing underneath
You know the girl from long ago
But not the woman...
The woman I became
Oh-oh-oh
Yeah, she survived the rain
Oh-oh-oh
And I became
The woman...
You never saw.
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