Boys will be girls Girls will be boys Why can't you speak affirming words My mental pain to you is just Collateral damage Something changed in How you read We're not on the same page See other words, definitely Reading a different chapter I don't mind If you don't try I'll always try anyway But I can't lie In my mind I change the words you say Dear child in me One day you'll be Who you were meant to be No nasty slurs In the hallway Or cobwebs in your brain There's beauty hidden In your change But still your heart Stays the same Some added scars Blood in your veins Feels yours, not fake I don't mind If you don't try I'll always try anyway But I can't lie In my mind I change the words you say Do you ever think of the young me I do