This is inspired by the new citizen soldier song that just came out and I'm writing it now because I feel compelled to.

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                                     Irreplaceable

You are worth so much more than how you feel.

Irreplaceable.

That's what you are.

I know you're staring down straight down the barrel now, ready to die.

But here's a secret you're irreplaceable!

You can't see no other way, and you can't take another day of being alive.

But here's a secret you're irreplaceable!

I know that you hate yourself, but it doesn't change what is written down in your DNA.

YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND!

You're here by design!

You'll see it someday if you stay!

Irreplaceable!

You're a diamond in the darkness.

Find purpose in your pain.

Walk the wire and face your fire!

In the future SOMEONE will need YOUR STRENGTH.

You're irreplaceable!

Your days in hell are gonna be your  glory!

You're irreplaceable!

NO ONE ELSE CAN WRITE YOUR STORY!

Here's a secret, YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

You might not believe it now.

You find it so hard to see just how you matter at all.

But here's a secret, YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

You just want to disappear, take all that you've been building here and just let it fall.

But here's a secret, YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

I know you hate your life, but that doesn't change the words that you might write or the lives you might save.

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

YOU choose how misery's  defined, so take this poem as a sign and make your pain YOUR saving grace.

Here's a secret!

YOU'RE A DIAMOND IN THE DARKNESS!

Find purpose in YOUR PAIN.

Walk the wire and face your fire!

SOMEONE WILL NEED YOUR STRENGTH!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

Your days in hell are gonna be YOUR GLORY!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT CAN WRITE YOUR STORY!

When no one knows the hell you've been through.

THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE YOU.

That every scar, every mark, every bruise gives you a heart that UNDERSTANDS someone's abuse!

Sometimes life will leave you BLACK AND BLUE!

Just so you can learn to stand in SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES!

Here's a secret, YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

Your days in hell are gonna be YOUR GLORY!

Here's a secret, YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

You're a diamond in the darkness find purpose in YOUR PAIN!

WALK THE WIRE AND FACE YOUR FIRE!

One day someone will need YOUR STRENGTH!

IRREPLACEABLE!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

Your days in hell are gonna be YOUR GLORY!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

NO ONE ELSE CAN WRITE YOUR STORY!

IRREPLACEABLE!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

IRREPLACEABLE!

IRREPLACEABLE!

IRREPLACEABLE!

YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE!

THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT CAN WRITE YOUR STORY!

-Elizabeth/Numa