Seventeen is disappearing around the corner

My youth is sinking down to avoid boulders

I'd stay young forever

Life demands that I age better

Every year my eyes grow wetter

A disillusioned little girl had to wake up

I'm wiser now

Lessons are learned, but it's all too late

The path of my life has been left up to fate

I could teach you what I know

But you won't remember

(I didn't remember)

You'll learn all on your own

Experience teaches wisdom after breaking your bones

I can remember being a kid

Cutting out paper dolls, counting to twenty while they hid

Then hiding was a necessity

My father was a Nazi

The truth, for me, was costly

I'd never go back

Sleep was not an option

Stay awake and breathe with caution

I'm sleeping with a monster

Flaming up inside a toaster

I know too much

I'm wiser now

Lessons are learned, but it's all too late

The path of my life has been left up to fate

I could teach you what I know

But you won't remember

(Scars make you remember)

You'll learn all on your own

Experience teaches wisdom after breaking your bones

You'll be so much wiser when you're broken and torn

If I braid my dolly's hair

I would think how did she get here

Did her daddy disappear?

Oh...

I'm wiser now

Lessons are learned, but it's all too late

The path of my life has been left up to fate

I could teach you what I know

But you won't remember

(You won't remember)

You'll learn all on your own

Experience teaches wisdom after breaking your bones

I'm so much wiser, but I'm broken and torn

A disillusioned little girl had to wake up