This song is about her father’s passing and how she used music to speak with him after he was gone. It also touches on how she had to deal the trauma of everything at such a young age. Processing anything like that is very sad and traumatic for people so she uses the lyrics to convey her pain from w...
[Verse 1]
Let me just tell you I really should go back to sleep
It's not that I'm ungrateful I have too many memories to keep
I wish you could feel just how heavy I am all the time
Sometimes when I smile, I bite my lip so I don't cry
[Refrain]
And it burns for a while
And it hurts all the more
When you carry the world as a child
[Chorus]
All that I've wanted is to talk to someone who is dead
But unfortunately I can't call him, so I sing instead
Though I'd never tell you to cover yourself in a lie
But I will still bite my lip harder so that I don't cry
[Refrain]
And it burns for a while
And it hurts all the more
When you carry the world as a child
And I burn for myself
'Cause I know that I should
When it's screaming at me to be felt
And we burn all the time
'Cause it hurts all the more
When we carry the world as a child
As a Child was written by Madeline The Person.
As a Child was produced by Leroy Clampitt.
Madeline The Person released As a Child on Fri Mar 19 2021.