charlie

I was ten when I found out I had to change

Learn to act and play pretend that I'm okay

And Charlie could never love me the same

Said goodbye to friendship and hello to shame

I lost my key to Heaven, and I gained a couple scars

'Cause all they ever saw were broken parts

I had to learn to love myself the hard way

'Cause there's no books, for ten-year-olds with heart-ache

If God is real, then why'd He build me this way?

It's what He's known for

I thought the good Lord, don't make mistakes

So why'd He make me this way?

At 19 years, I thought I found the one

But he was just an echo of the pain that I've endured (ooh)

I swore at 21, I'd do better and some days I do

I pick apart the threads of every awful word

They use to kill me with their point of view

I'll find my key to Heaven, and I'll write it in the stars

So Charlie knows I made it through the dark

I had to learn to love myself the hard way

'Cause there's no books, for ten-year-olds with heart-ache

If God is real, then why'd He build me this way?

It's what He's known for

I thought the good Lord, don't make mistakes

So why'd He make me this way?

Way

Found my key to Heaven, and it's all I ever hoped for

That ten-year-old they broke, isn't hurting anymore