Some random day in fifth grade
When I looked into the mirror
I saw flaws I'd never seen before
Now they were all too clear
I let some dumb boy tell me
All the things that I should hate
But before that day in fifth grade
I just thought I looked okay

One day when I was fifteen
My best friend of seven years
She picked a silent fight with me
Before she disappeared
And I was too naive to know
That I had played a part
And for years I blamed myself
Whenever good things fell apart

Oh it's not always been pretty
But it's all a part of living

At twelve I needed who I was at seventeen
At seventeen I needed me at twenty-three
If I could travel back in time
I'd tell myself that it's alright
You'll see
One day you will be
The person that you need

The person that you need

One day when I was twenty
I cried on the bathroom floor
'Cause the person that I loved
Just didn't love me anymore
I spent the next three years
Locking my heart inside my chest
Now at twenty-four, I'd tell myself
You'll fall in love again

I still don't know what I'm doing
But I know that I'll get through it

At twelve I needed who I was at seventeen
At seventeen I needed me at twenty-three
If I could travel back in time
I'd tell myself that it's alright
You'll see
One day you will be

The person who is strong enough
Brave enough
Deserving of all the love
Doesn't run
Opens up
Someone you can trust to
Catch your fall
Answer calls
Be there 'cause she's been there too

At twelve I needed who I was at seventeen
At seventeen I needed me at twenty-three
If I could go forward in time
I think she'd tell me it's alright
You'll see
One day you will be

I'll see
One day I will be
The person that I need