FIRST HELLO

[00:00.57]Grant Knoche - FIRST HELLO
[00:05.21]GRANT KNOCHE
[00:05.62]Staring at my ceiling
[00:08.12]Convince myself it’s nothing
[00:11.10]Pray to god to fix me
[00:12.97]Feeling guilty having thoughts at 12 years old
[00:17.48]Is momma gonna like this i’m risking her of grandkids
[00:23.75]7 years of fighting
[00:24.95]And I don’t wanna fight no more
[00:29.05]So I wanna let it out
[00:34.45]Wasn’t ready then
[00:37.45]But I’m ready now
[00:43.17]I want my friends to know me
[00:46.15]Like really really know me
[00:49.14]I hope this doesn’t change things
[00:55.48]They say that boys don’t cry
[00:58.80]But news flash, that’s a lie
[01:01.67]I don’t fit inside your boxes
[01:04.27]I can’t stop this no
[01:06.29]So I’m counting down
[01:11.64]Unlock my cell
[01:15.05]And come on out
[01:18.87]Oh my
[01:20.11]Beautiful bliss
[01:22.67]I’m so foreign to this
[01:25.86]Tell you what my walls know
[01:29.24]Here’s my first hello
[01:31.19]Oh my
[01:32.51]Such a relief
[01:35.31]I can be me
[01:38.45]I don’t put on no show
[01:41.48]It’s my first hello
[01:56.91]All that I said
[01:57.93]All that I did
[01:59.18]I learned to lock my thoughts up carefully
[02:00.95]I held my breath
[02:04.21]I broke my heart
[02:05.32]I bit my tongue
[02:06.61]it’s start's to bleed
[02:08.44]And I
[02:09.65]I hope
[02:10.13]You know
[02:12.15]That it’s not your fault
[02:16.88]Hope my father understands
[02:19.93]I’m not any less a man
[02:24.04]Oh my
[02:25.14]Beautiful bliss
[02:27.73]I’m so foreign to this
[02:30.90]Tell you what my walls know
[02:33.94]Here’s my first hello
[02:35.89]Oh my
[02:37.54]Such a relief
[02:40.47]I can be me
[02:43.37]I don’t put on no show
[02:46.46]It’s my first hello
[03:01.43]I wanna let it out
[03:05.97]Wasn’t ready then
[03:09.11]But I’m ready now