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Key:
G I was six years old
D When my parents went away
Em D I was stuck inside a broken life I couldn't wish away
G She was beautiful
D Em She had everything and more
D And my escape was hiding out and
C running for the door
C D Somebody listen please
C D It used to be so hard being me
D G Living in the shadow
Em Of someone else's dream
D Trying to find a hand to hold but
C every touch felt cold to me
G Living in a nightmare
Em A never-ending sleep
D But now that I am wide awake
C My chains are finally free
G Don't feel sorry for me
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G All the days collided
Em One less perfect than the next
D I was stuck inside someone else's
G life and always second best
D Oh, I love you now 'cause now I
Em realize
D That it's safe outside to come
C alive in my identity
C D So if you're listening
C There's so much more to me you
D haven't seen
G Living in the shadow
D Of someone else's dream
Em Trying to find a hand to hold but
D every touch felt cold to me
G Living in a nightmare
D Em A never-ending sleep
D But now that I am wide awake
C Then I can finally be me
G Don't feel sorry-
C Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
G Everything's cool now
C Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
G Everything's cool now
D Oh, my life is good
C I've got more than anyone should
D Oh, my life is good
G And the past in the past
G I was living in the shadow
D Of someone else's dream
Em Trying to find a hand to hold but
D every touch felt cold to me
G I'm living in a new day
D I'm living it for me
Em And now that I am wide awake
D Then I can finally be
G Don't feel sorry for me
D Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry
C for me
G Living in, living in, living in
D the shadow
C Living in, living in, living in a
G new day
Song details

Composition: Ashlee Simpson, John Shanks, and Kara DioGuardi

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