Permission to behave
You know you're not the same
You wait for days and days
To hear her say your name
I want to be like you
I think you know the truth
I want to be like you
Show me what i should do
It's such an awful game
The one I play with you
We walk into the shade
Try to escape the pain
They don't believe in me
Why should I agree?
They don't believe in me
I should cooperate
Self pity will not rescue you.
Sometimes we have to save our own lives,
not because no one else cares, but because no one else can.
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are.
Dreamed up the maps, give me the charcoal and the paper
We invent paths they cannot see, and they're too scared to walk
Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you are free to do anything.