To the Bully

It was those days on the playground with you
You were my whole world you were all I knew
Suddenly one day it was our jeans and shoes
Defined who we were, the new social cues.

But I, no matter how hard I try,
I just couldn't get by.

Why did I have to put up with you?
The things that you said, the things that you spread
Weren't true. Why couldn't you
Look at me in the way I deserve to be seen.
This is who I am, you don't give a damn,
But now it's time to say.

With you in my life I didn't want to exist.
If I didn't show up at school, would I even be missed?
You told me to get a life, you told me I was a lie.
If I take up so much space, then maybe I should die.

But I, no matter how hard I try,
I just couldn't get by.

Why did I have to put up with you?
The things that you said, the things that you spread
Weren't true. Why couldn't you
Look at me in the way I deserve to be seen.
This is who I am, you don't give a damn,
But now it's time to say.

Now I know something new,
You had your demons too.
You're as human as me.
Though I carry it still,
I know it wasn't your will.
It's just hard to be free.

But I, no matter how hard I try,
I just couldn't get by.

Why did I have to put up with you?
The things that you said, the things that you spread
Weren't true.
Look at me in the way I deserve to be seen.
This is who I am, you don't give a damn,
But now it's time to say.

Why did I have to put up with you?
The things that you said, the things that you spread
Weren't true. Why couldn't you
Look at me in the way I deserve to be seen.
This is who I am, you don't give a damn,
But now it's time to say.

This is who I am, you don't give a damn.
This is who I am.
This is who I am, you don't give a damn.
This is who I am.