Afraid

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Post-Chorus]

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

[Outro]

And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it

And I refuse to leave it

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