See that lonely girl
All alone in the world
Can't you see
That that girl was once me?

A girl who didn't fit in
Who got lost amongst the din,
Who didn't understand
That naïve little girl
Who herself could never stand...

A girl who had no family
Who everyone thought was strange
All that girl ever wanted to do
Was change.

Change and be cool
Change and not be a fool
Change and have a home
Change and, for once, not be on her own.

But how could she
When she had no friends
All she ever wanted to do
Was pretend.

A girl with no person
To look out for she
A girl who was angry
And that girl was me...

Lost and shy
Hurting to lie
Wanting to die
While all the questions were
Why?

I was a lonely girl,
A sad girl,
A bad girl,
Definitely a mad girl.
I was a scared girl
A not cared-for girl
Even an impaired girl...

I was a girl who had lost a lot
A girl who had lost the plot
A girl who could forgive-herself-not...

A girl who didn't know where to go
A girl who herself did not know,
A girl who just wanted to slow...

I guess that girl's changed
But she's still hurting, though
She's managed to deal with it
And not make it show.

But one thing I've realised
The one thing that all these years I've tried to hide,
That that girl over there
That lonely girl, do you see?
I now accept
That she is still me.