Verse 1 Dear the girl who didn't know how good it gets Dear the girl who carried all those heavy bets Against herself — I'm writing from the other side And honey, you would not believe the view from here, so wide I know the nights you cried and thought you'd never see A version of yourself that finally felt free But here I am — the proof — the living evidence That everything you hoped for made complete and perfect sense

Pre-Chorus You made it — you made it — you made it through Every single thing you feared — you walked right through it too You made it — you made it — and look at you now Standing in the sunshine, taking every single bow

Chorus Dear younger me — oh we made it, we made it We are standing in the life that we created Dear younger me — every scar turned into gold Every story that we lived made us bold Dear younger me — keep going, keep going You can't see it yet but the joy that's coming Is bigger than the fear — so hold on Hold on — hold on — you become extraordinary Dear younger me

Verse 2 Dear the girl who thought she didn't have what it takes I want you to know you were built for the stakes Everything that tested you was training you right You were being forged into gold in the night The doors that shut were steering you straight To everything that's happened and it all turned out great Not perfect — no — but real and rich and true And none of it would've happened without you

Chorus Dear younger me — oh we made it, we made it We are standing in the life that we created Dear younger me — every scar turned into gold Every story that we lived made us bold Dear younger me — keep going, keep going You can't see it yet but the joy that's coming Is bigger than the fear — so hold on Hold on — hold on — you become extraordinary Dear younger me

Bridge Keep going girl — I see you Keep going girl — I need you To push through this one moment Because everything changes I promise you it changes Into something so magnificent That you will cry the good tears When you finally arrive Keep going — keep going — we thrive We thrive, we thrive, we thrive

Final Chorus Dear younger me — oh we MADE it, we MADE it We are standing in the life that we created Dear younger me — every scar turned to GOLD Every story that we lived made us BOLD Dear younger me — keep going, keep GOING You can't see it yet but the joy that's coming Is bigger than the fear — so hold on HOLD ON — we become extraordinary We become extraordinary We are extraordinary Dear younger me Look at us now

Outro We made it · We made it We are here · We are shining We are her · We became her And she is magnificent Look at us now