I want to be taken serious.
Is it a crime for me to want mine?
To be a star, to shine
Both in and outside?
Do you mind if I share my mind?

If I were to tell a lie
I'd say I don't care
That you're insane
To think that I should
Or that I would care.
But I do and I joke about it.
Because you can't pass judgement
If you laugh about it
And you can't see me struggle
With your hands wiping tears
From your face because
Man was that joke good.
But for me it's like
I'm crying through you.
Converting pain into pleasure
Converting sadness to happiness
Converting desperation to hope
Converting who I am to who you see me as.

I want to be taken seriously
I want to be me.