There's a reflection so hard to see

Reflection in water, what you can be

Wave crashes over, tides pull you under

So you can breathe



As you get older, live through a war

Before you know it, the eyes of a storm

Will rain upon you like you never knew

Never Before



All of the ways I wish I could have shown you

All of the things I want you to know by now

All of the ways I wish I could protect you

From all the things that you learned on your own somehow



These ugly places I don't want you to see

These smiling faces I don't want you to meet

Their hands extended out holding a knife behind their backs



All of the ways I wish I could have shown you

All of the things that I want you know by now

All the ways I wish I could protect you

From all the things that you learned on your own somehow

All the ways I wish I could have shown you