I might be scarred for life But it doesn't mean I have to give in I just need to find my strength within And win back the right to be happy and free Like that boy used be His childhood was taken away from him It's not what it seems to be It's just a boy who wasn't allowed to be free Sometimes I wonder if somewhere inside There is still that boy Who liked to dance and sing Always looking for validation And forgetting his own pure elation I don't remember what felt it like To feel free like that boy in the past But I know today I do my best Words can't hurt those Who don't know what they mean But once they do, it cuts deep within And makes any child scared And perhaps scarred for life Smiles fade away, joy is gone Now there's just lies to feed on A childhood destroyed By a biased world filled with boogeymen That would come at night And I knew they were real back then As a kid, I didn't know any better I blame no one but me, ever How could I be so weak and naive? To let others push me inside this cave I didn't want to leave Just like in 'Plato's cave, that was it for me There could be nothing out there But judgment and scary beasts It was safer to stay inside in my comfort And yet not so comfort mind Who isn't afraid of the boogeyman? He can turn any kid into a cave man I might be scarred for life But it doesn't mean I have to give in I just need to find my strength within And win back the right to be happy and free Like that boy used be His childhood was taken away from him It's not what it seems to be It's just a boy who wasn't allowed to be free Every cruel comment Every judgment would toughen me But not making me stronger Rather turning me into stone Something that doesn't move, doesn't feel, doesn't smile Just another statue in a park for less than a mile Watching people pass by without noticing it I was afraid then, and I'm still afraid now It's been years Still I cannot heal from those wounds so real I'm just the doorman They cut too deep And I've always been too weak I might be scarred for life But it doesn't mean I have to give in I just need to find my strength within And win back the right to be happy and free Like that boy used be His childhood was taken away from him It's not what it seems to be It's just a boy who wasn't allowed to be free