I know how it feels to be treated as worthless
By the people who were supposed to love, hold, and nurture
And to "never feel right" I know how they hurt you
Beleive me, I know how it feels
And I know what it's like to feel hung from the rafters
To be the butt of a joke, to hear the cruel scornful laughter
And the sting of the slap that often came after
Beleive me, beleive me, I know
I know what it's like to drift silently away
To decide they were right about the cruel things they would say
And to retaliate in rage which brought only more shame
Beleive me, beleive me, I know
I recall how it felt to hurt everyday
To shout at the world "Please, just go away!!!"
And how just being alive brought only more pain
Beleive me, I love you, I know
But I also know how it feels to face down your fears
To dissolve your demons with the salt from your tears
To awaken from a death that you've been dying for years
Beleive me, beleive me, I know
And I learned something good from all of that pain
I learned to love both the sunshine and rain
For without both nothing good grows
Without both there'd be no rainbows
Beleive me
I love you
I know