On the Inside
Lyrics and Music by Kelly Cate

They all tell you, “To thyself be true”
And I guess I’ve learned in the hardest way.
All I’ve looked for and all I’ve longed for
Was never worth a thing in the light of day.
But I kept running, and I kept chasing
The ghosts of things I thought
Would make me whole.
But I never stopped
Imagining my faults
Or the reasons not to feel
That I was enough.

Chorus:
On the inside, on the outside,
In those neon lights inside my head.
On the inside, on the outside,
In the dark of night around my bed.
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da…

It didn’t matter what I tried to be,
I always felt something was wrong with me
And my search for self-acceptance
Took a wrong-way turn down a one-way street
All those “could haves”, all those “should haves”,
Were a crushing weight on my self esteem
Oh, but I know, and I do believe,
That I could have been a better friend to me.

Chorus

(c) KellyCate 2003