You rocked me in that chair, where you could hold me when I cried or couldnt sleep,
Where you could watch over me while I slept
Where you could rock me when I hit my head on the table
Thinking I was still small enough to run under it.
Flash forward
You walked through the door with me that first day
Holding my hand and telling me it'd be okay
The other kids who would or wouldnt understand
You told me it didnt matter
Flash forward
You walked me to the bus, to let me walk into another world, I wasn't the same
We both knew it
We both knew I had many more years of world experience over them
But I walked onto the bus full of nerves that melted away
You held my hand when people left
When the angels came to stop the suffering.
Flash forward
A new place
A new world
A new home
You held on from afar
Protecting the birds from your nest
Your kids who in your eyes would always be little smiling faces.
Flash forward
A new universe
A small fish in a big pond
A new group of people
New influences
New news
New everything
You watched out,
from the shadows
through the trees
Keeping us out of trouble
Flash back
The blonde little kid who shouted
"thank you for knowing"
And fed the cat cheetos
The scared little kid who struggled through the pain
Through the years
Who always bounced back, because you were here holding on
Flash forward
Late nights with friends
Smiling
Discovering that there really is a place in the world where she fits.
Discovering that no one is without flaws and faults
That no one is without secrets
The crushes from years past that presented you with new challenges just got thrown under a new light,
The world of a teenager,
the world of new
She'll always need you there, always holding on.
She'll mess up, and she'll bounce back the way she always has,
But now its time to spread her wings, to let her fly,
To let her see the world.
She'll always need someone here holding on for when times get scary or frightening because the little girl you will always see will always be there.
But for now, she just needs to learn to live.
Where you could watch over me while I slept
Where you could rock me when I hit my head on the table
Thinking I was still small enough to run under it.
Flash forward
You walked through the door with me that first day
Holding my hand and telling me it'd be okay
The other kids who would or wouldnt understand
You told me it didnt matter
Flash forward
You walked me to the bus, to let me walk into another world, I wasn't the same
We both knew it
We both knew I had many more years of world experience over them
But I walked onto the bus full of nerves that melted away
You held my hand when people left
When the angels came to stop the suffering.
Flash forward
A new place
A new world
A new home
You held on from afar
Protecting the birds from your nest
Your kids who in your eyes would always be little smiling faces.
Flash forward
A new universe
A small fish in a big pond
A new group of people
New influences
New news
New everything
You watched out,
from the shadows
through the trees
Keeping us out of trouble
Flash back
The blonde little kid who shouted
"thank you for knowing"
And fed the cat cheetos
The scared little kid who struggled through the pain
Through the years
Who always bounced back, because you were here holding on
Flash forward
Late nights with friends
Smiling
Discovering that there really is a place in the world where she fits.
Discovering that no one is without flaws and faults
That no one is without secrets
The crushes from years past that presented you with new challenges just got thrown under a new light,
The world of a teenager,
the world of new
She'll always need you there, always holding on.
She'll mess up, and she'll bounce back the way she always has,
But now its time to spread her wings, to let her fly,
To let her see the world.
She'll always need someone here holding on for when times get scary or frightening because the little girl you will always see will always be there.
But for now, she just needs to learn to live.