I don't care for what
You have to say.
Don't desecrate my pain,
As if it's not the same!
Thinking I don't know life,
Sayin I haven't been there,
But I've been through my share,
Just to make it clear!

I'll make a promise to me
To remember thirteen,
The stupid things I've said,
Crazy things I've done.
And the betrayal by the ones
Who were close to me.
Its all made me strong
For when I turn twenty-one

I'll remember falling in love
At age fifteen,
Smiles on my face,
Bad dreams when I sleep.
Depression that ran like a river
In my veins.
And a broken heart
At age sixteen.

You say you've been there?
But you don't compare.

I'll remember
The day I wanted to die.
The night I wanted to live.
The time I said "I'll survive!"
And the moment I did.

Could this truly mean,
I've been places you've never seen?

What do I know?
I'm almost seventeen.