oh ever since i was a kid everyone picked on me growing up was the hardest thing for a boy with no self esteem so i found a little place in the backyard of my mind disappeared without a trace didn t want them to find me for every year that passed me by there was less of me to recognize i wish i made more room to grow instead i hid what did i know all the things people say all the things people do bring you down when you let it get to you all the things you don t know all the things that make you fall won t matter when you rise above it all oh now that i ve become a man you were there to walk me through facing each memory of those who who harmed me now that i m i m trusting you i m exploring everything emotions that may drown me like a river pouring out for every year that passed me by there was less of me to recognize i wish i made more room to grow instead i hid what did i know all the things people say all the things people do bring you down when you let it get to you all the things you don t know all the things that make you fall won t matter when you rise above it all  finished with the words that hurt finished with feeling like dirt no use living in regret its best to to forget all the things people say all the things people do bring you down when you let it get to you all the things you don t know all the things that make you fall won t matter when you rise above it all all the things that people say all the things that people do bring you down when you let it get to you all the things that you don t know all the things that make you fall all the things