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Cassadee Pope - 11

Cassadee Pope has shared another song, 11, from her ‘Frame by Frame‘ album.

The autobiographical tune, she says, explores one of the most painful parts of her life — her parents’ divorce.

“As a kid, when you go through something like your parents’ divorce, weird things go through your mind and you have no control,” the singer explains.

11 has me opening up probably more than I’ve ever done before.”

Pope, who wrote the song with veteran songwriter Nathan Chapman, says she is using her new solo career to reveal parts of her own life she hasn’t been able to share, until now.

“As a songwriter, I’ve always loved to tell stories,” she tells Rolling Stone magazine. “But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out. It’s hard to release a song that’s so personal to me when there’s four other guys in the band that had completely different upbringings. Now I can get really personal.”

Pope, who had a blossoming pop rock career before winning Season 3 of ‘The Voice’ on Blake Shelton‘s team, insists her former coach didn’t push her to switch to country music. “He didn’t make me [sing country music]. People misconstrue that,” says the 24-year-old singer. “He never pushed me to do anything, and that’s what I loved about him. Blake picks really unique artists who already have a vision for themselves. He just wants to be the platform that helps them get to where they need to be.”

The lyrics:

Seven years old, everything was right

A table for four on a Friday night

Didn't see any signs of a dead end road

By the time I was ten everything was changing

Fell asleep every night praying

Didn't know which way to go

Momma did her best to hide her anger

And I did my best to try and save her

I was a little too young and a little too dumb to ever think the day would come

When dad would drive away and take his love with him

So I grew up fast in a whole new world

Waved goodbye to that little girl

I can see her now, innocent and seven

I wish I had never turned eleven

We moved into a smaller house

How mama did it, oh I don't know how

Never went to bed without eating

At thirteen I finally realized what it means to get on with your life

Well daddy sure did and he made it look easy

Mama did her best to hide the struggle

And I did my best to stay out of trouble

I was a little too young and a little too dumb to ever think the day would come

When dad would drive away and take his love with him

So I grew up fast in a whole new world

Waved goodbye to that little girl

I can see her now, innocent and seven

I wish I had never turned eleven

I wish that I could turn back time and tell myself it'll be alright, you're never gonna lose the light in your eyes.

I was a little too young and a little too dumb to ever think the day would come

So I grew up fast in a whole new world

Waved goodbye to that little girl

I can see her now, innocent and seven

I wish I had never turned eleven

I wish I had never turned eleven.