The girl you used to know

I used to bring my homework home..

And leave it on your desk

You'd tell me that you were proud of me

And I'd smile from ear to ear

I was your little girl..

Your little girl..

With everything to prove

I never kept a secret then

I never lied to you

Now you ask me where I've been

And I don't look in your eyes

I say I'm fine..

I say I'm happy..

And I hate the way I lie

I don't know when I changed..

I don't know what went wrong

I just know the girl you knew

Feels like she's been gone

I'm hiding things from you

That I don't know how to say

I'm telling you I'm happy

While I'm hurting every day

I say he's good to me..

I say we're doing fine..

But there's so much underneath it

That I leave between the lines

I used to be your little girl

(Your little girl)

Now I'm somebody you don't know

And I wish I could explain it

But I don't even know

(I don't...I don't even know)

I started missing family dinners

Started staying out too late

Started making up excuses

For the things I couldn't say

You noticed I was different

I told you I was growing up

I didn't tell you about the crying..

Or the nights I'd had enough

And sometimes I feel guilty

For the things I've done as well

The lies, the things I've hidden

The stories I won't tell

I've hurt the people who love me

And I don't know how to make it right

So I keep protecting someone

While I'm losing myself inside

I don't know if I'm happy..

I just know I can't let go

And every time you question me

I tell you what you want to know

I'm hiding things from you

That I don't know how to say

I'm telling you I'm happy

While I'm hurting every day

I say he's good to me

I say we're doing fine

But there's so much underneath it

That I leave between the lines

I used to be your little girl

Your straight-A girl..with nothing to hide

Now I'm somebody you don't know

And I don't know how I got so far away

(I'm sorry)

Maybe you'll think I've changed

Maybe you'll think I've lied

Maybe you'll wonder where your daughter went

And why she stayed away

I wish I could go back

To when everything was simple

When being Daddy's little girl

Was all I ever had to be

I wish I knew the difference

Between love and being afraid

Between keeping someone's secret

And slowly giving yourself away

But I don't know yet

I don't understand

I'm just trying to hold together

Everything I think I have

I'm hiding things from you

And I'm sorry for the lies

I'm telling you I'm happy

While I'm breaking down inside

I say he's good to me

Because I need to believe

That everything I've sacrificed

Has to mean something to me

I used to be your little girl

Your straight-A girl with nothing to hide

Now I'm standing at your doorway

With a thousand things inside

And maybe one day I'll tell you

Everything I couldn't show

But tonight I'm still the girl..

(The girl you don't know)

I'm still here somewhere

Buried underneath

Everything I never said

(Everything I never said)