You started life as double lines Nobody planned for Wiped all your mother's tears Growing up too fast And all along you played a role You never asked for Feeling everybody's fears But what choice did you have Your parents were fighting Your younger brothers were crying And you were soldiering, hiding In your bedroom, trying To keep it locked up inside And you just ignored all the sirens If I could could go back in time I'd try to write it all out Note to self I know you had to get us through some hell You couldn't put a name to what you felt 'Cause you'd never hurt like that before But you ain't alone anymore no I got you now I got you now Losing love and all your friends And a little bit of innocence No one asked you anything Just made you feel guilty So you tried to keep between the lines From the backseat of your life Couldn't control anything but the size of your jeans Even the praying and preaching It couldn't fight off the demons And you were silently screaming Somebody listen to me You didn't know what you needed You wouldn't show any weakness If there was a way you could read it girl I'd tell you now Note to self I know you had to get us through some hell You couldn't put a name to what you felt 'Cause you'd never hurt like that before But you ain't alone anymore no And all of the screams that just stayed in your head All of the questions that scared you to death It was a prison, and you got us out You can let go, girl, you can break down 'Cause I got you now Yeah, I got you now, oh I got you now Praying and preaching It couldn't fight off the demons Somebody listen to me I got you now Note to self Just know that it's okay to ask for help You don't gotta be afraid 'cause I can tell you Life and people let you down But where I'm standing here and now It all works out