How sad is it That the validation I get Comes from people who don’t even know me yet And I cling to it It makes no common sense To believe in strangers opinions over your friends But how could I believe that the people who love me Wouldn’t lie to my face When it’s all I’ve ever known Getting older means learning how to cope with change And growing up from the child your parents raised And you can’t do it all alone You’ll have to learn to pick up your phone
My mother used to say that friends would never last and I shouldn’t trust that anyone would have my back She said that family was the only ones who would love every piece of me regardless But that just wasn’t true Her love came with conditions too
So it’s sad that now When I’m feeling down I don’t feel like I can reach out to my friends So instead I cry to the internet and When people ask me why I tell them it’s because rejection is easier to swallow when the relationship is hallow
I’m so sorry that I can’t always be that Sun-shining person you think I am So I’ll hide from you when I’m feeling blue So you don’t see every scrape cut and bruise That I dug and carved right out of my heart Just to feel like I am human too