this is growing up

I never thought it would be this hard
leaving would be just another way i’d be free
but I see the love in your eyes when you look at me
I know there’s pain there cause your trying to let go
i’m feeling that same pain

so this is it, here i go
this is growing up, leaving home
this is knowing real pain
knowing life is more than dancing in the rain

how do you separate something whole
how do you leave behind your world
become your own person
they make it seem so easy
but really this is a whole new life for me

where did my childhood go
how did I become this person
this woman
no one can prepare you for this
you have wings to fly
yet, your so scared to try

i press on for all that’s ahead of me
trying not to look back
but still keep it all with me
this is growing up