Small, Not Broken

Verse 1

Backpack heavy on my shoulder

Hallway stretching out so far

Names they whisper getting louder

Counting every step to where they are

Lunchroom table always empty

Guess I saved myself a seat

Hands are shaking in my workbook

Trying not to fall beneath my feet

Pre-Chorus

And I'm spinning

Spinning round and round

No one hears it when I hit the ground

Chorus

Ten years old and breaking

Crying on the bathroom floor

Tell me what is left worth taking

When they said I'm nothing more

Little heart is overloaded

Pushing through a crashing wave

Ten years old and feeling forgotten

I just want a way to save me

Verse 2

Teacher said to just ignore them

Standing tall and walk away

But the words stick in my stomach

Stuck with me the whole damn day

Mommy asks me how was school now

And I tell her that it's fine

Hiding tears behind my homework

Pouring rain on a sunny sky

Pre-Chorus

And I'm breaking

Breaking all apart

No one sees the shatter in my heart

Chorus

Ten years old and breaking

Crying on the bathroom floor

Tell me what is left worth taking

When they said I'm nothing more

Little heart is overloaded

Pushing through a crashing wave

Ten years old and feeling forgotten

I just want a way to save me

Bridge

Somebody tell me that I matter

That the morning won't look gray

That the dark will not get darker

That this will not own me one more day

Chorus

Ten years old and breaking

But I'm not done fighting yet

Every tear is not the ending

I am more than their regret

Little heart is still a beating

One more sunrise in my chest

Ten years old and still believing

I was made for something blessed