today i cant help but loose it all
today my best friend shamed me for the way i dress
another for my confidence
another for my successes

all my friends
shaming me for what makes me happy
ive been in the dark
and i crawled out on my own

but theyd all like it better if i stayed in the dark
friends

i love them

and sometimes theyre right

but words can hurt coming from those you once admired so truly

life is there to live
i cant live mine
those i thought cared
take advantage and live it for me

life is meant to live
but how would you feel
being a bystander in your own life

how would you feel
to know its no longer yours to live

ill be there for you
always
you'll be there for me
when its convenient
you take each part of me that you want
steal my strength for your own
i used to offer
but now you take

i was broken and had to learn to love myself,
for noone else would,
but one day unexpectedly,
someone else did
i didnt have to be alone anymore,
i was found

the helpless long for it
the unknowing are gifted it
what we dont have we dream of
what we can achieve we strive for
we reach as far out as we can till we fall
we try to obtain what seems impossible
but it is possible
trust you can reach
stretch out over all the doubt you had
reach
and obtain

stop
stop taking more than i can give
stop breaking me apart to build yourself up
ive been there for you
but never for myself
you wont let me
i love you
but you keep taking
soon i will be gone
i will deteriorate
i will be gone
dont take every piece of me

when the world goes to sleep
and the night is dark and calm
thoughts roam
the rhythm of the night simmers
and the calm takes over
the nights stars guiding me
towards perspective
towards life
the night sky taking me home
home to my thoughts
home to myself
away from the sleeping world
night
i return home
home to me