To Stand Alone
They tell me to be different
To stand up for what’s right
But they never deem to visit
While I cry through the night
So when I see the tell-tale signs that friends have lost their way
I stand apart
I refuse to bow
I will not give in
I will not allow
To see them win, to give up, walk away at the end of the day
They tell me “it’s ok”
If I’m not popular or cool
But I never see them there
When I’m feeling like a fool
So I’ll walk my own path and take my own road no matter what I hear
I walk proud
I walk tall
I run and leap
But I’ll fall, lose my footing, feel my heart burst because of fear
They tell me “it’s nothing”
The pressure’s in your head
But I’ve never felt that way
When I’ve wished to be dead
So when the pain and lies and heart break burn my eyes
I will cry
I will break
I will fail
I will ache to know the pain renews with each sunrise
In the end, I stand alone
Forgotten and beaten
Each night I fear
“That’s how it’ll be”
If I try to stand alone
If I try to be me