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