Be yourself
No not like that
Be yourself like everyone else

Work hard
No not on that
Work ******* things that won't help you

Be happy
No not with that
Be happy with the things we give you

This is not mind control
This is not mind control
This is not mind control

We just want you to be like everyone else
Because everyone else is like us
Get a job behind a desk
Get a white picket fence

Grow up
No not that fast
Grow up when I tell you to

A boy and his father sat by a lake
fishing rods in the water
but no conversation in the air
the dad asked what he learned in school
the boy said nothing
as his hook remained afloat
ok the dad said
but one day ill be gone and you'll wish you had told me

That boy became a teen
concerned with bigger things
like girls and homework
and designer jeans
he had his first date
but declined to tell his dad
that's fine the dad said
but one day ill be gone and you'll wish you had told me

that boy became a man
who had a little trouble getting on his feet
he was afraid to go home
to the parents that raised him
he felt his failures were a disappointment
so he said he was fine alone
just know the dad said
one day ill be gone and you'll wish you had told me


That man landed a better job
and met the woman he loved
now he was secure
and everything was ok
He picked up the phone
and had so much to say
but it turns out that day
was one day

There is a big empty hole in this heart.
It's been beaten, cracked, and broken apart.
But these wounds will surprise you, they're not what they seem.
In the endless black hole, there are bloodcurdling screams.
For awhile there was light, then it burned out.
Now there is no one to hear your shout.
The wails only echo, no one hears today.
In this suffocating void, all hope fades away.
Is this too much to handle; is there too much grief?
If so, i hope you know, there will be relief.

What do you do when your hands are tied?
All your efforts are simply denied.
Hope is shattered, courage is broken.
You're sick and tired of being outspoken.
You can't be a hero; tried all these years.
Confronted now by your own worst fears.
Heart crushed time and time again.
All i really want is a true friend.

Why does death seem like a solution when it's really not.
It's as though it can fix every problem you got.
I think it would be easy; quick as 1,2,3.
But then what? Who would be the one that finds my dead body?
No one should have to find their daughter or sister dead.
Just laying so still, single shot to the head.
All the life drained a long time ago.
She wasn't even the same little girl that everyone used to know.
But if i leave this world behind, there will be a star that will shine.
And when you all look up at the sky, there will be that star urging you to live your life.

Lock up your feelings, bury your sorrow.
Convince yourself you'll be here tomorrow.
Tough it out, you know you have to.
There are people depending on you.
Maybe there's not an end in sight.
But keep going, put up a fight.
Put on your armor, go grab your shield.
You are a soldier, and life is your battlefield.

I was thrilled the first time i saw you
Loved the way you made me fall for you
You've got something that kept haunting me
You made breathing seem so hard for me

You were everything that i wished for
I just never felt this way before
You were everything that i wanted
But shouldn't i forget you instead?

Loving you was just a waste of time
'Cause there's no way you'll ever be mine
I tried to put you out of my brain
But my heart is screaming out your name

How will i ever forget your smile
You're all i see when i close my eyes
Forgetting you is not that easy
I swear you make my heart go crazy

How will i find a way to survive
I can't live without you in my life
Nobody else will fit right into
The place in my heart that's just for you

I still love you after all this time
That's something i can never deny
I don't give a **** 'bout who you are
You're the only one who owns my heart

There are no more words to speak
My body's completely weak
My eyes are red and swollen
My mind and soul are shaken

I am the victim who's been
Returning to the crime scene
Where my heart was left bleeding
Where there's no way of healing


You stabbed me with thousand knives
Pain burns in my sleepless nights
Drowned me in your dreadful lies
Choked me with lethal goodbyes

These shadows of yesterday
Keep chasing me all the way
Dragging me back to the past
I can't run away so fast

Loosen your tight grip on me
Baby please just set me free
Nightmare i can't wake up from
That's how it has all become

For you it was just a game
Playing with you was insane
Nothing had worked out so well
You turned my world into hell

You left me trapped in this road
In the dark of these shadows
Left me suffering the pain
Of unending yesterday