RSD

Hiding in the limelight, can’t see the view
Every single crowd I’m searching for you
Everybody sees me, nobody stares
Foraging to find a friendlier face
St. John couldn’t look more out of place
Oh you don’t want to be here
No one’s making you stay

Well I thought I didn’t want
Somebody like me
But you don’t even know
The language I speak
Thought I’d like to see life differently
But you can’t see me

I wish I didn’t care
That I’m not more beautiful
Wish I didn’t need you to think I’m wonderful
Wish I didn’t need my life to be so magical
Wish a thicker skin would make me powerful
Wish that I believed
The best was ahead of me
Wish that I could still tell you everything
Wish that I was younger, thinner
Braver, better, brighter
Wish that you would let me be
Your lover not a fighter

Tell them all the truth, regret every word
The more that I said the less that you heard
Sorry sweetheart, square peg round hole

Look I know it’s a lot to handle me
Hate that I lead from insecurity
Would that I could change it easily
‘Cause you can’t see me

I wish I didn’t care
That I’m not more beautiful
Wish I didn’t need you to think I’m wonderful
Wish I didn’t need my life to be so magical
Wish a thicker skin would make me powerful
Wish that I believed
The best was ahead of me
Wish that I could still tell you everything
Wish that I was younger, thinner
Braver, better, brighter
Wish that you would let me be
Your lover not a fighter

Everybody loves me, no nobody likes me
Everybody needs me, no nobody wants me

And everybody loves me
And no nobody likes me
And everybody needs me
No nobody wants me

I wish I didn’t care
That I’m not more beautiful
Wish I didn’t need you to think I’m wonderful
Wish I didn’t need my life to be so magical
Wish a thicker skin would make me powerful
Wish that I believed
The best was ahead of me
Wish that I could still tell you everything
Wish that I was smarter, taller
Braver, better, bolder
Wish I wasn’t terrified of getting older

Wish that I was younger, thinner
Braver, better, brighter
Wish that you would let me be
Your lover not a fighter

Lyrics & Music by Hannah Lee
© 2023 Hannah Lee

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