Molly Kate Kestner - If You Could See Lyrics

Molly Kate Kestner - If You Could See Lyrics

If you could see
Past the beauty you'd see the bruises
She refuses to show no one can know that he's abusive
Cause if she loses him she thinks she loses her identity

If you could see
Past the muscle you'd see a man
Who is nothing more than a shell of body because nobody cared
Who he was until he played sports and made the homecoming court
So he trains thru pain and fear of losing every thing that he has worked for

If you could see
Past the sarcasm you'd see someone Who is scared of being honest
Cause they don't want to face the truth
If you only knew what they'd been thru you'd understand why they try so hard to make you laugh

If you could see, past their race you'd see a face
That is beautifully unique but they've erased every trace of culture from their Facebook
Cause they have been ignorantly misunderstood and are afraid of neva fitting into this culture of Hollywood

If you could see past the age
You'd see a spirit inside old soul who is waiting for someone to ask what their story is
A life time of knowledge, of laughter and tears but years of growth
Mean nothing if they are neva acknowledged

If you could see past the weight
You'd wait to pass your judgment and instead understand that the way youdissect
Them is only a fraction of the way they degrade themselves
And perhaps they do not need another opinion but rather an actual friend who adores every single inch of their skin

If you could see past the prescription
You'd see a life on a thread, not dead but not alive
Because You try to survive depression without losing feeling and dealing
With the problem isn't easy when you're problems outnumber the waves in the sea

If you could see past the pregnancy
You'd see her praying for protection each day over the baby that was forged
Out of force and of course you can't see that she neva wanted to agree to
This but she is stuck with the repercussions as he slips away without a single obstruction
And all she is left with is her shame and your judgment

If you could see
Past the first glance that you took at these people you would see
That each one has a story to tell and to finish and they wish someone would actually
Care but instead you stare and you try to figure them out without a doubt that there
Actually might be more to them than meets the eye. I can't live like that
I want to see past the lies
See past the smiles, see past the walls
Cause we all hurt. We all need love.
We all need someone who knows the true story and not just the front cover.
They should not suffer just cause I am too focused on myself to see where they are
Cause it's not too far from my own war. I've worn a mask half my life and filtered out
Every flaw but I finished that show I don't want your applause I just want to live.
And I want to love relentlessly, extensively unconditionally that means I see
Every side of you and choose to love you even more than I did before and now
Your war is mine & you don't have to try to do this alone

Cause if you can see
Thru the eyes of someone who loves you'll be slow to judge
And quick to listen and you won't just listen you'll actually care
And that, that is where I want to be
A place where everyone loves who they see.