One Cruel Word

[Verse 1]
Mom said, “You’re the prettiest girl I know,”
I was thirteen, trying to let it show.
I don’t remember much from that year—
Just one kid’s “fat” ringing loud and clear.

[Chorus]
One cruel word, and the mirror changed its tune,
Mom’s kind voice couldn’t drown it out in my room.
I know what she told me; I’m trying to believe—
That kid got one moment, but he doesn’t get me.

[Verse 2]
Years have passed, but I still hear that sound,
Like a small sharp stone I keep carrying around.
I wish I could tell that girl she was enough—
Before one careless word made beauty feel rough.

[Bridge]
Maybe Mom saw what I couldn’t see,
Maybe that pretty girl was still me.

[Outro]
Thirteen years old, still learning what’s true—
I hear her voice now, and I’m hearing it through.