Growing Pains Lyrics

I've been running from the mirror

Avoiding my own face

Every shadow every whisper

Echoes of my own disgrace

I painted pictures of perfection

But the canvas was my skin

Hating every imperfection

Battling the war within

I'm sorry for the hate

I threw at my own heart

I'm learning to appreciate

The beauty in the scars

I'm on this journey now

To see through all the lies

To love myself somehow

And open up my eyes

I've spent nights in quiet sorrow

Cursing what I couldn't change

But in the dark there's a tomorrow

Where I'll no longer be estranged

The voices that once taunted

Now whisper words of grace

I'll embrace the one I've wanted

To find peace in this place

I'm sorry for the hate

I threw at my own heart

I'm learning to appreciate

The beauty in the scars

I'm on this journey now

To see through all the lies

To love myself somehow

And open up my eyes

I see the beauty in the struggle

In the dance of light and shade

I'll forgive my past the hustle

And the fear that I betrayed

No more apologies needed

For the road that led me here

I'll grow from what was seeded

Rise from the chaos and the fear

So here's to new beginnings

To loving who I am

Embracing all my winnings

And waking from the sham

I'll sing this song of sorry

But now with hope not strife

Learning to love me fully

For the rest of my life

The rest of my life

I'm sorry for the hate

I threw at my own heart

I'm learning to appreciate

The beauty in the scars

I'm on this journey now

To see through all the lies

To love myself somehow

And open up my eyes