There's a reflection so hard to see Reflection in water, what you can be Wave crashes over, tides pull you under So you can breathe As you get older, live through a war Before you know it, the eyes of a storm Will rain upon you like you never knew Never Before All of the ways I wish I could have shown you All of the things I want you to know by now All of the ways I wish I could protect you From all the things that you learned on your own somehow These ugly places I don't want you to see These smiling faces I don't want you to meet Their hands extended out holding a knife behind their backs All of the ways I wish I could have shown you All of the things that I want you know by now All the ways I wish I could protect you From all the things that you learned on your own somehow All the ways I wish I could have shown you