Expectations

Draw the lines, tell me where to stand Build the future with your own two hands But I’m the one living in the skin While you’re just deciding where I begin Every word is a weight I have to hold I’m tired of fitting in the mold you sold I’m fading out, I’m getting small I’m waiting for the sky to fall Can’t you see I’m losing it all? I’m drowning in the shadow of your expectations Lost inside the noise of your complications I can’t be the person that you want to see I’m dying just to find what’s left of me! (What’s left of me!) Check the boxes, follow every rule Playing the part, acting like the fool But the cracks are starting to show through the ink I’m closer to the edge than you even think You see a trophy, I see a cage I’m ready to burn the final page I’m drowning in the shadow of your expectations Lost inside the noise of your complications I can’t be the person that you want to see I’m dying just to find what’s left of me! I’m not your ghost! I’m not your ghost! Stop trying to live through me! (JUST LET ME BREATHE!)