What’s a boy supposed to see    When he’s staring in the mirror at 13    Where’s the man that he wants to be    He must be hiding behind the lies that he’s too weak       I was there when they pushed you down    Wiped the blood from your knees when you got up off the ground       No one ever knew you the way I did    They never saw the man you’d be    When they laughed at the awkward kid    No on else believed that you could fly    They couldn’t see the man you’d be    But it’s wonderful to watch you rise    What could make a child a man (help him understand)    When he’s looking at the scars that mar his gentle hands    Where’s the mercy that he needs    It must be hiding behind the pain that they can’t speak    (It must be hiding behind the cut that makes them bleed)       I was there when they pushed you down    Wiped the blood from your knees when you got up off the ground       I was there when they crowned you king    Wiped the blood from your feet when you hung from the tree       No one ever knew you the way I did    They never saw you in the child    As they laughed at his awkwardness    No one else believed that you could fly    They couldn’t see the man you’d be    But it’s wonderful to watch you rise