# BLACK SHEEP **Verse 1** Family photo, everybody smiling, Standing shoulder to shoulder in the frame. I'm the one they keep on circling, Trying to erase my name. Every dinner feels like cross-examination, Every silence says the same: "If you'd just be more like all of us, Maybe we'd let you stay." **Pre-Chorus** They don't see the miles I've walked, Only the road I didn't choose. Love with an asterisk— Acceptance with conditions. **Chorus** I'm the black sheep, standing in a field of white, Too loud for the silence, too honest for the night. They say, "You'd be happier if you'd just change." Like my soul's a problem they can rearrange. But I wasn't born to fit their mold, Or trade my heart for their approval. If loving me depends on changing me, Then maybe I was never really family at all. **Verse 2** Every conversation's a diagnosis, Like they've already solved the case. "If you'd come back..." "If you'd just listen..." "If you'd find your proper place." No one asks me how I'm holding, No one wonders why I left. They only measure distance By the steps I haven't retraced. **Pre-Chorus** Funny how the black sheep's blamed For walking from the fire. No one asks why it was burning. **Chorus** I'm the black sheep, standing in a field of white, The one who quit pretending everything's alright. They say, "You'd be happier if you'd just change." As if becoming someone else would heal the pain. They call it love—I call it bargaining. They call it guidance—I call it chains. You can't call it unconditional When it's built on who I have to be. **Breakdown** Maybe I'm not broken. Maybe I just broke the pattern. Maybe the black sheep Is only black because everyone else Painted themselves the same color. **Bridge** I don't need another sermon. I don't need another vote. I know exactly who I am, Even if you never know. Your disappointment isn't destiny. Your expectations aren't my skin. I stopped asking for permission The day I chose to live. **Final Chorus** I'm the black sheep... And maybe that's okay. Because I'd rather walk alone in truth Than lose myself just to stay. You can keep your perfect picture, I'll keep my imperfect soul. I'd rather be the one who wandered Than the one who never chose. **Outro** One day you'll tell the story About the one who walked away. I'll tell the story About the day I finally stayed... With myself.
