If You Only Knew

Intro

Verse 1

Hand-me-down clothes that my brother once wore

Praying each step opens up a new door

Dreaming of hills with a house and a view

Learning that faith is what carries you through

Looking at screens full of filters and lies

Chasing a dream under grey heavy skies

Some have the world but they are crying alone

Searching for peace and a place to call home

I stumbled in school had to fight my own way

Life taught me truths that no teacher could say

Watch who you trust in the heat of the race

One single slip leaves you lost in this place

Pre-Chorus

Do not sell your soul just to shine in the light

Do not lose your voice trying to prove that you are right

The world sells a dream and the price is too high

Hold to your truth and keep dreaming alive

Chorus

I am still young with an open heart if you only knew

Mama wakes me with a prayer like good mothers do

They can twist all my words but the heavens know the truth

I am a child walking tall with no secrets from you

Yeah the world might get cold but I will make it right through

There is a light in my soul if you only knew

Verse 2

Life spins in circles my moods rise and fall

Walking through shadows with back to the wall

Smoke in the alley and doubts in my head

I learned to stand strong instead of being misled

I still remember the ones from the start

We swore we would make it but drifted apart

Those who wished for my fall never saw me arise

Now I stand in the storm with no fear in my eyes

Oh little child look at what wars can do

Empty front porches and hearts split in two

You cannot choose the weather the wind or the pain

But you choose the man that you want to remain

Pre-Chorus

Do not sell your soul just to shine in the light

Do not lose your voice trying to prove that you are right

The world sells a dream and the price is too high

Hold to your truth and keep dreaming alive

Chorus

I am still young with an open heart if you only knew

Mama wakes me with a prayer like good mothers do

They can twist all my words but the heavens know the truth

I am a child walking tall with no secrets from you

Yeah the world might get cold but I will make it right through

There is a light in my soul if you only knew

Bridge

To every mother praying in the dark

To every child fighting for a spark

Scars are not a cage they are proof you survived

Out of the ashes the fire revives

No road of war ever brought a true peace

Let love be the song that will never decrease

Instrumental Break

Chorus

I am still young with an open heart if you only knew

Mama wakes me every morning and her love pulls me through

They can twist all my words but the heavens know the truth

I am a child walking tall with no secrets from you

Yeah the night may be dark but the morning is new

Choose love choose peace if you only knew

Outro

If you only knew

What a soft heart can do

Keep the flame alive

Let love lead you through

If you only knew