(Verse 1)
She was so young…
Too young to understand
Only knew the future
other people drew by hand
They spoke of who she’d be
what kind of life was right
But somewhere in her heart
she lived another life
A quiet little secret
she buried underneath
The very dream she carried
she prayed she’d never meet
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(Pre-Chorus)
Isn’t it strange
how everything keeps changing?
Oh how I wish
time could turn around
But she was only trying
to survive back then
And I could never judge her
for that now
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(Chorus)
All this time
she was fighting with herseeeeeeeeelf
All this time
she never learned
how to sit and watch the hours paaaaaass
Like life’s a game
but she don’t wanna play
She was so young
yet full of love
And didn’t know
what to do (ohhhhh)
with everything she felt inside
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(Verse 2)
The feelings stayed hidden
beneath a careful smile
Hoping maybe
they would disappear with time
Praying to God
this ache would finally end
Trying to silence
what she couldn’t comprehend
Always wearing masks
so nobody would know
That who she was inside
was never safe to show
Laughing with boys
playing along
Trying to convince the world…
While quietly
trying to convince herself
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(Pre-Chorus)
And now I look back
through softer eyes
At all the fear
she learned to call protection
And suddenly
I understand her more
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(Chorus)
All this time
she was fighting with herself
All this time
she never found a place
where her heart could simply rest
Like life’s a game
but she don’t wanna play
She was so young
yet full of love
And didn’t know
how to carry
all the feelings deep inside
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(Bridge)
Maybe she thought
if she stayed quiet long enough
The truth would disappear
like smoke into the dark
Maybe she learned
to hide so beautifully
She forgot
she deserved tenderness too
And oh…
I wish I could hold her now
And whisper…
You were never meant
to fight alone
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(Final Chorus)
All this time
she was fighting with herself
All this time
she carried worlds
nobody could see
Like life’s a game
she never chose to play
She was so young…
so full of love…
Trying to outrun
her own reflection
And maybe now
for the very first time…
She can let
the masks fall down
She was so young…
But she made it here somehow
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