【CHORUS】 I live at thirty percent That's about as far as I want to spend You say, "You can do more, you know" Sure, maybe so, but I don't want to go Don't pull me to your speed Your hundred isn't what I need The world can run, the world can race Just let me choose my own pace 【VERSE 1】 Living takes a lot of energy Why spend it all so recklessly? Wake up, work, run, repeat Everybody's dancing to the same beat "You could do it if you tried" Yeah, I've heard that line a thousand times Maybe I'm a "gifted kid" Just one without the will to prove it I'm not asking for a better chance I'm asking you to stop your hands Don't push me up, don't pull me through Your way of living isn't mine to do 【PRE-CHORUS】 You call it lazy I call it enough You call it wasted I call your bluff If this is my life Let me choose the speed I don't need your stopwatch Telling me what I need 【CHORUS】 I live at thirty percent That's about as far as I want to spend You say, "You can do more, you know" Sure, maybe so, but I don't want to go Don't pull me to your speed Your hundred isn't what I need The world can run, the world can race Just let me choose my own pace 【VERSE 2】 Everyone is moving somewhere Always chasing something there New goals, new plans, new things to chase New reasons why I'm falling behind the pace Maybe I could run beside them Maybe I could match their stride But why should I keep proving That I can live the way they like? The world keeps turning without asking Trains arrive, the clocks move on Everybody calls it normal I just wonder who decided that was right 【PRE-CHORUS】 "You can do it" "You're capable" "You're wasting what you have" Maybe that's your answer But ability and wanting Are two different things You can't drag motivation Out of someone who doesn't have it 【BRIDGE】 So let me sit Let me breathe Let me waste a little time If that's what you call it I don't need to win I don't need to race I just need a little room To move at my own pace 【FINAL CHORUS】 I live at thirty percent And maybe that's the most I've got to spend You say, "You can do more, you know" I know I can I just don't want to though Don't pull me to your speed Don't make your life my need If I can't choose the way I move Then what am I supposed to prove? The world can run, the world can race I'll take my time, I'll keep my pace And if that's still not good enough Then leave me here and let me be 【OUTRO】 Maybe thirty is enough. Maybe it isn't. Either way... It's my speed. So if you can't let me choose— Just leave me alone. God, it's hard to live like this.
