I did not enter this world afraid
And I refuse to leave it this way
I did not enter this world alone
A gasp splittin' the silence cryin', essence and bone

I had to grow, so I grew
I didn't mean for it to take me so far gone from you
I made you scared when I cried
All I wanted was a witness, but I know that you tried

I did not enter this world for you
But I saw if I could carry it, you would carry me too
I was not born to be free
The agony of memory, the long arc of release

And I can't sing to you now
I tried to steal you from your sufferin'
but I didn't know how
I had to know what to do
I made a shelter for your body, but it wasn't home for you

I did not enter this world afraid
And I refuse to leave it that way
I did not enter this world afraid
And I refuse to leave it that way
I did not enter this world afraid
And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it
And I refuse to leave it
And I refuse to leave it
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