You’re turning 25 today, hope you have a happy birthday
I hope you turn around and look back, now that you’re a quarter of the way
I hope you see everything and everyone that you’ve left in your wake
But even if you could, would you change
When you close your eyes at night, I wonder what you see
Do you play the victim every time you replay your memories
But don’t you see, in everything you touch, the pattern that repeats
Your power, you’ll do anything to keep
Like a page out of the textbook, you’re the perfect poster child
Took all the life out of me just to make yours worthwhile
You put me under your knife, then blamed me when I cried
You knew just what you were doing, ‘cause you’ve done it all your life
I’m turning 19 on Thursday, and I’m picking up where I left off
But I can’t go back to where I was before you came and took it all
‘Cause just like you wanted, I’m blaming myself for the damage that you caused
The cuts you made are bleeding long after you’re gone
Like a page out of the textbook, you’re the perfect poster child
Took all the life out of me just to make yours worthwhile
You put me under your knife, then blamed me when I cried
You knew just what you were doing, ‘cause you’ve done it all your life
You might’ve made me your victim, but really, I survived
I’ll pick up and I’ll move on, but this is who you are for life
Like a page out of the textbook, you’re the perfect poster child
Took all the life out of me just to make yours worthwhile
You put me under your knife, then blamed me when I cried
You knew just what you were doing
You knew just what you were doing, ‘cause you’ve done it all your life
You’re turning 25 today, hope you have a happy birthday
credits
from Starting Over,
released January 28, 2022
Written by Anna Grace Beatty
Anna Grace Beatty: lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
Anna Grace Beatty is a nineteen-year-old singer-songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. Now based in Nashville, she began releasing music in 2018. Her second EP, “Starting Over,” is available everywhere now.
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