If I Could Go Back - Dominique

Little girl, big world

Handcuffed to wrists of extroverted girls, girls

Never spoke, never broke

Free from the role of everybody’s shadow

But that’s the old me, and I’ve left all my past behind

Still wish that I could go back in time

If I could go back

I’d do it all again

Put some nerve into my backbone

We could get along

If I could go back

I’d step into this persona

I’ve come to know

If I could go back

Auto-pilot, always quiet

Couldn’t dare to make my presence known or break my silence

Intimidated

Always felt like an enormous understatement

But that’s the old me, and I’ve left all my past behind

Still wish that I could go back in time

If I could go back

I’d do it all again

Put some nerve into my backbone

We could get along

If I could go back

I’d step into this persona

I’ve come to know

If I could go back

Held captive by regret

All these things left unsaid

My whole self left unshown

Now they will never know

Why was I so afraid

Of seeming out of place

Like I did not belong

Just say nothing at all

If I could go back

I’d do it all again

Put some nerve into my backbone

We could get along

If I could go back

I’d step into this persona

I’ve come to know

If I could go back