Charlie

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was ten, when I found out I had to change Learn to act, and play pretend that I'm okay And Charlie could never love me the same Said goodbye to friendship and hello to shame [Pre-Chorus] Lost my key to heaven And I gained a couple scars Cause all they ever saw were broken parts [Chorus] I had to learn to love myself The hard way Cause there no books for ten-year-olds With heartache If god is real then why'd he build me this way It's what he's known for I thought the good lord don't make mistakes So why'd he make me this way [Verse 2] At nineteen years I thought, I found the one But he was just an echo of, the pain That I've endured I swore at twenty-one I'd do better And some days I do I pick apart the threads Of every awful word they used To kill me with their point of view [Pre-Chorus] I'll find my key heaven And I'll write in the stars So Charlie knows I made it through the dark [Chorus] I had to learn to love myself The hard way Cause there no books for ten-year-olds With heartache If god is real then why'd he build me this way It's what he's known for I thought the good lord don't make mistakes So why'd he make me this way Way [Outro] Found my key to heaven And it's all I ever hoped for That ten-year-old they broke isn't hurting Anymore