[Verse 1]

I’m holding back my own hair now

‘Cause you don’t even want to hold my hand

I can’t change the person I was before I met you

I can’t change where I’ve been

[Pre-Chorus]

But how could I have told you when you didn’t want to hear it?

And how can I tell you now if you don’t want to listen?

[Chorus]

I wasn’t always the person that I am now

But I worked so hard to get here

And all I want is for you to hear me out

Or am I singing to a crowd of new deaf ears?

[Post-Chorus, x2]

I haven’t always been quite this innocent

But I worked so hard to get here

[Verse 2]

The road to recovery was a long one, in case you wanna know

I was reduced to nothing but my shell

While trying to find someone who would love the exterior

Well, I subsequently destroyed my inner self

[Pre-Chorus 2]

But how could I have told you when you didn’t want to hear it?

And God, I really need this now, so tell me that you'll listen

[Chorus]

I wasn’t always the person that I am now

But I worked so hard to get here

And all I want is for you to hear me out

Or am I singing to a crowd of new deaf ears?

[Post-Chorus, x2]

I haven’t always been quite this innocent

But I worked so hard to get here

[Bridge]

I fell for a trick and fell into the trap of a thief’s bed

Who stole what I’ve known, corrupted my bones and left me there for dead

He borrowed my body until my skin started rotting through my head

I woke up alone and these jutting bones were all that I had left

I was all that I had left

And I felt totally inept

I tried to use my body to connect

That gaping hole right through my chest

But I was nothing but rotting flesh

No, I was nothing but rotting flesh

Confused, I cried and wept

For God to take me back

[Outro, x2]

I wasn’t always the person that I am now

But I worked so hard to get here