Grace Davis - Nine Lyrics

A familiar face on videotape
I knew no shame before I was shoved into place
Just about to bloom nothing I couldn't do
A confidence they demanded I lose self-hatred took root
Look at me I was strong steady powerful
I haven't felt that free since I was nine years-old
Before the world took its bite before it exacted its fee
And I don't think ill ever find that girl I used to be
They killed me no obit fell in this bottomless pit
I'm better off if I sit submissive and quiet
And I don't speak my mind always too polite
I'll apologize a hundred times for someone else's crime
Look at me I was strong steady powerful
I haven't felt that free since I was nine years-old
Before the world took its bite before it exacted its fee
And I don't think I'll ever find that girl I used to be
Don't know exactly when but somehow I lost touch
Of who I should've been before this f*cked world f*cked me up
And I'd give anything to even just for once
Be that girl again I should've never given her up
But I'll be loud I'll find my way home
When I was nine I answered to me alone
Look at me I was strong steady powerful
I haven't felt that free since I was nine years-old
Before the world took its bite before it sunk its teeth
And I don't think ill ever find that girl I used to be
She was stolen from me
She was stolen from me