written-only song album: tears at 3am title: the child i was writer: @starlightsparker ____ intro: years have passed i've grown now i'm not the child i was, the child i was... verse: she woke up early didn't sleep late she didn't know too much wasn't carrying something on her shoulder all the time and it hurts she’s gone she’s me now i know, I miss her too, I miss the child I was chorus: that's the child i was, that's the child i'm not, that's the child i want to be the child who's loved, the child who doesn’t know, the child i hope to be the child who cares the child who’s cared for she’s the child I’m not verse: and it hurts now the letter my sister wrote in 2019 hit me, she loved me, they loved me now I think they don’t and it hurts they loved the child I was, the child I was i miss her too, if only I could be the child i was chorus: that's the child i was, that's the child i'm not, that's the child i want to be the child who's loved, the child who doesn’t know, the child i hope to be the child who cares the child who’s cared for she’s the child I’m not bridge: the child I was is not the child I am but I just want to be loved, a second chance I’m not the child I was but will the child I am be loved too? verse: I look in the mirror, i see the child i am, not the child i once was hit me, she was there, they cared.. for her now I think they don’t and it hurts please love the child i am the child i was is gone i know you miss her, but I’m not the child i was chorus: that's the child i was, that's the child i'm not, that's the child i want to be the child who's loved, the child who doesn’t know, the child i hope to be the child who cares the child who’s cared for she’s the child I’m not outro: now I’ll say goodbye to the child i once was...
