Who I Was

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When I was four, they told me I should quiet down So I taught myself to bite my tongue When I was six, I was afraid to be left out And broke my arm, reaching for the farthest rung At seven my best friend said I wasn't cool So for the next two years I ate alone at school At nine I took a test that told them that I was very smart But by ten I frustrated everyone cause I wouldn't do my part To get my work done, they all told me I was lazy By eleven I was positive that I was crazy [Verse 2] By high school, I had it figured out What to say, to make the people smile When to whisper, and sing, and laugh and shout Always with a finger ready on the dial At times I'd miss a crack and expose a piece But the looks when they'd react would stutter another crease Suddenly it's summer and we're saying our goodbyes I blink and my surroundings change and so too must my guise I didn't see the disconnect till I was in too deep Till the patchwork stranger in the mirror was everyone but me [Chorus] I put myself inside a box And I sealed it tight with countless locks And I hid so long that I forgot Who I was [Verse 3] When I lost it all I finally looked around And wondered where I've been Rusted armours strewn across the battleground Closed my eyes, and surrendered to the dim Exposed I heard a voice break through It said, "if I get a choice, I wanna be like you" [Chorus] I had put myself inside a box Too afraid to open any locks And I hid so long that I forgot Who I was (Who I was) I kept myself inside their box (Inside their box) Wasting time behind my locks (behind my locks) Now I'm trying to learn who I forgot Who I was All along