MercyMe - "Dear Younger Me" (Official Lyric Video)

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Born out of the emotional pain of a personal friend, MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard penned this introspective work, titled, "Dear Younger Me".  From the band's album, Welcome To The New

Regarding the beginning of this song, the band made these notes, "There’s a song on our album I’m very excited about. It was a very emotional one to write, but I feel it will minister to many people. Even though I can’t let you hear it yet, I can let you read it. Ha

If you could go back, what would you say to your younger self?"

Dear Younger Me Lyrics

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 much 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 cuz 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

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 dear