I did not enter this world afraid

And I refuse to leave it this way

I did not enter this world alone

A gasp, splitting the silence, crying, essence and bone

I had to grow, so I grew

I didn't mean for it to take me so far gone from you

I made you scared when I cried

All I wanted was a witness

But I know that you tried

I did not enter this world for you

But I saw if I could carry it

You would carry me too

I was not born to be free

The agony of memory, the long arc of release

And I can't sing to you now

I've tried to steal you from your suffering

But I didn't know how

I had to know what to do

I made a shelter for your body

But it wasn't home for you

I did not enter this world afraid

And I refuse to leave it that way

I did not enter this world afraid

And I refuse to leave it that way

I did not enter this world afraid

And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it