16 Years (Age 16) Lyrics

And here I am

Just three words turned my world upside down

I didn't expect such an impact

My old self is dead

I'm exposed

I'm naked

Like my mind was x-rayed

Until my brain was fried

I can't switch off transparency

The naked truth is what they see

I'm so vulnerable

And to be honest even more

Then I've ever been before

It is so painful to reveal

The part of myself I desperately tried to hide

That was hurting all the time

But now I can leave it behind

Although it hurts I lately feel so bright

No more lies

Can be myself

And if they hurt me I do not care

I have already fought my nightmare

It's too easy holding on to our lies

They fake our comfort like a sweet lullaby

While we ignore the truth in front of our eyes

We will deny reality at long sight

A distorted image that we fear to destroy

Although it's draining us and stealing our joy

But society taught us that we should avoid

Speaking up to show our true inner voice

I kept running away for way too long

The pain was clocked up, my fear too strong

But now that it drained off

My mind is no more numbed

I choose my own path

And don't care what others want me to become

I'm not looking back anymore

I'm writing a new chapter which is full

Of glory and pride, I'll make sure

They only see my back after all

I won't give a fuck I fall

I will turn my name into gold

But I had to run 16 years

16 years to get here

16 years

I'm not running away anymore

Don't try to stop me

I'm not running away anymore

I'm running towards my own dreams