album: Rise (2006)
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What’s a boy supposed to see 
When he’s staring in the mirror at 13 
Where’s the man that he wants to be 
He must be hiding behind the lies that he’s too weak 

I was there when they pushed you down 
Wiped the blood from your knees when you got up off the ground 

No one ever knew you the way I did 
They never saw the man you’d be 
When they laughed at the awkward kid 
No on else believed that you could fly 
They couldn’t see the man you’d be 
But it’s wonderful to watch you rise 
What could make a child a man (help him understand) 
When he’s looking at the scars that mar his gentle hands 
Where’s the mercy that he needs 
It must be hiding behind the pain that they can’t speak 
(It must be hiding behind the cut that makes them bleed) 

I was there when they pushed you down 
Wiped the blood from your knees when you got up off the ground 

I was there when they crowned you king 
Wiped the blood from your feet when you hung from the tree 

No one ever knew you the way I did 
They never saw you in the child 
As they laughed at his awkwardness 
No one else believed that you could fly 
They couldn’t see the man you’d be 
But it’s wonderful to watch you rise

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