To My Younger Self - Britton

Lyrics by：Ashlee Britton Robinson/Cole Boillat/Jameil Aossey

To my younger self I'm writing you from 2012

It's not high school that is killing me

It's my mental health

Know you struggle now but brace

Yourself for these few years of hell

You'll paint a smile every day

But every night you'll pray for help

Wish there was something that

I could do to save you from what's coming

You might be a soldier

But know that your demons built an army

And they're taking over now

All I see through my tears is black

Tell mom and dad I love them

But I have to go no turning back

And I know that your heart is aching

I know that you don't know why

And you can't stop your hands from shaking

Now you want to die

If I could tell you everything I know now

I'd tell you that the darkness always fades out

In the end the light will emerge with no doubt

You just gotta keep going baby don't back down

If I could tell you everything I know now

I'd tell you that the darkness always fades out

In the end the light will emerge with no doubt

You just gotta keep going baby don't back down

To my younger self I'm writing you from 2020

You made it through the war

And woke up to a new beginning

You graduated college

Mom and dad are both so proud

That you rose up from the ashes

A survivor you are now

How I wish I could write to

The girl back in 2012

And send her all the light to

Find her way without losing herself

And show her all the things she'll miss

If she don't get a second chance

Thank God I'm here today to tell

You that you'll make it through the black

And I know that your heart was aching

I know that you put up a fight

For making it through all the breaking

Now you feel alive

If I could tell you everything I know now

I'd tell you that the darkness always fades out

In the end the light will emerge with no doubt

You just gotta keep going baby don't back down

If I could tell you everything I know now

I'd tell you that the darkness always fades out

In the end the light will emerge with no doubt

You just gotta keep going baby don't back down