true i wasn t there for you sorry that i hurt you deeply too young to know what to do 16 and i have no worries when i saw that picture of you i had to find the daughter i never knew my absence grows i reap what i ve sewn these mistakes are my own little child you re not alone locked behind those bars of you wish there was a way i could help too young to know what to do lessons burn the point you ve proven this love is complicated and bruised realize what makes me makes you my absence grows i reap what i ve sewn these mistakes are my own little child you re not alone time to take it slow all this anger let it go my child i long to hold all this anger i know i m not a lord i was never a saint gotta take what you got cause i m nothing you ain t if i gave you the world would you throw it away better keep your chin up living life for today you can abuse it you can misuse it you can go right back down that line you can t escape it never erase it now you know i ll be here your future fading understand what i m explaining i m waiting anticipating i ll be here your future fading my absence grows i reap what i ve sewn these mistakes are my own little child you re not alone time to take it slow all this anger letting go my child i long to hold all this anger little one can t you see i wanna let you know don t you be like me