to my younger self (Roses)

I wish the voices in your head could have been mine
So I could tell everything will be just fine
But that's the kind of thing you gotta learn with time and hindsight

Little did you know when it all started
That someday everyone would know your heart and
Those voices in your head would draw a crowd almost every night

Sometimes I look back at pictures
And I wanna tell you
Just let it happen at your pace
And you'd never guess but
It's just beginning

If you could see me now
Covered in roses
I tried to make you proud somehow
We're doing better than we hoped and
I wish that I could call and tell you
That everything you wished for, it came true
And one day they're gonna notice you
If you could see me now

Everything you feel you'll start to write
You won't worry about the darkness in the night
But I'm glad that you don't know that now cause I don't want things to change
Is it crazy that sometimes I think I see you in a crowded room and I
Just wanna run up and tell you

If you could see me now
Covered in roses
I tried to make you proud somehow
We're doing better than we hoped and
I wish that I could call and tell you
That everything you wished for, it came true
And one day they're gonna notice you
If you could see me now

Wish you could see what I see
Where I stand I'm not standing alone
Hold on, I'll take you places
You never dreamed that you would have gone
Feels like your bones are breaking
Just let them throw their sticks and stones
'Cause I know something that you don't know

If you could see me now
Covered in roses
I tried to make you proud somehow
We're doing better than we hoped and
I wish that I could call and tell you
That everything you wished for, it came true
And one day they're gonna notice you
If you could see me