It hurts, but I can take it; just read the book from the start

There's no pain that isn't worth letting you see my heart

I open up the door and I let down my guard

I let the demons in and let them tear me apart

They put my past on trial and they deny my growth

But I don't mind, because we all have both

I did a lot of harm, praising the shortcuts I've taken

Put my fuckups to a record that now needs to be straightened

I was only ten years old when I felt this hopeless

Thinking I'd go gently to the night, no protest

Walking toward the river, said farewell to the trees

Until my course was redirected; I was blown back by the breeze

She looked up from my journal, she had tears in her eyes

She said, "I like this story better. Neither one of us dies."

She said, "I had no idea that you had felt like me...

Like no one loved you, no one cared. Hated yourself like me."

Suicidal, with no one to tell, like me

She almost fell, like me

Said, "You can't keep this to yourself. You have the help they need."

So this one is for her, and for the younger me

Before the drugs and all the poison I passed out for free

For all the kids who took it in, but still felt so hungry

Starved for love and for some hope and begging on their knees

This is for that kid that thinks they won't get through

When I was still your age, I thought it pointless, too

This is for the scars that they think they need to hide

You are loved, and you are safe here, so put down the knife

To all the kids who can't see love here on the other side

I'll be the breeze to knock you over, screaming "Come back to life"

This is for that kid that thinks they won't get through

When I was still your age, I thought it pointless, too

This is for the scars that they think they need to hide

You are loved, and you are safe here, so put down the knife

To all the kids who can't see love here on the other side

I'll be the breeze to knock you over, screaming "Come back to life"

Come back to life

Come back to life