What do you mean
I'm not allowed to scream?
When I'm letting go of what once
Was a huge dream
Meant to ignore what I've always
Wanted to be
Im being told what I should go and be
But I'm  not good at the lie
I'm forced to live
How do i watch my lights go from
Bright to dim ?

Tell me how am I not allowed to scream?
I live like a bird locked in a cage
My every move controlled
by you with rage
But at the window  I'll always look
with some sort of 'hate'
Knowing  these walls are the only distance I'll ever pace
I wonder if I'll ever make it out
of this place

But one  day you  fed me and forgot
To lock the cage, I looked over
at the open  window
I close my eyes and opened them again  
Hoping  my eyes arnt telling lies

My heart in my throat
Not daring to hope
I blinked once again  and I could feel
The wind blowing through
my feathers , calling me ...
But I just stood there
And from my eyes fell a single tear
Finally you weren't here
This is what I've always dreamed

Is it finally my chance to scream?
But what's holding me back ?
Do I no longer know how to  fly?
Do I want to cry?
Indecisive is what I'll always be
Cause you long ago decided the lie
I've  forever lived

And just as I'm about to take a leap
Spread my wings and  
stop being the little leaf
I'm really about to leave
I won't need to scream
What was once a huge dream will be
A life I will now live .

But it seems like all I wasted was time
Because  into the air I was about to dive
Instead my eyes opened  wide
And I saw the light of the sun...
It was morning and
The window was open
The cage  was locked....
Just how it's always been
But now I don't think I want to scream
I don't like this  constant dream
So this lie I'll learn to love and live
But I will never scream
Though  it was  quite nice to dream...

I forgot to stop waiting
When I drowned in
The stormy waves
Of your silence.
Now my bones
float above the ocean
Still waiting for your
Presence

Hero
You called yourself a hero
Little do you know
You're the villain in my story
I'll stay in my room sobbing
Just waiting for you to attack
Not with weapons, No
But with just your words

So go ahead
Be the hero in everyone's story
One day I'll stop sobbing
Not because I'll get used to it
The pain of your words
But because I won't be there anymore
And I'll never come back
Not because I don't want to
But because there'd be nothing
To come back to

You asked what's wrong
I told you and you listened
Maybe that's the problem
You don't hear me....you just listen
But you won't have to listen to me anymore
And I won't be there to speak
So go ahead
Be the hero everyone knows and loves
I never wanted a hero
I just wanted to be heard.