Dear younger me / Where do I start / If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far / Then you could be / One step ahead / Of all the painful memories still running thru my head / I wonder how many different things would be / Dear younger me / Dear younger me / I cannot decide / Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life / Or do I go deep / And try to change / The choices that you’ll make ‘cause they’re choices that made me / Even though I love this crazy life / Sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride / Dear younger me / If I knew then what I know now / Condemnation would’ve had no power / My joy my pain would’ve never been my worth / If I knew then what I know now / Would’ve not been hard to figure out / What I would’ve changed if I had heard / Dear younger me / It’s not your fault / You were never meant carry this beyond the cross / Dear younger me / You are holy / You are righteous / You are one of the redeemed / Set apart / A brand new heart / You are free indeed / Every mountain every valley / Thru each heartache you will see / Every moment brings you closer / To who you were meant to be / Dear younger me

Words and Music by MercyMe, David Garcia and Ben Glover © 2014 MercyMe Music (ASCAP), Wet As A Fish Music (ASCAP), D Soul Music, Universal Music Brentwood Benson Publishing (ASCAP) and 9t One Songs, Ariose Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.