All this time living your way and all those chances I've wasted
To make you proud of me, was it really worth it?
'Cause when I told you the truth, who I really am inside
You put me down yeah you, you put me down yeah
Feeling stuck in here, confined in here
When all you do is dictating my life, don't you see it's not right
I'm not the way you want, can't be the way you are
Tell me why, why can't you get it, how can it be so hard
I lived by your rules from the start
But that's a game I won't play anymore
The weight you put on my shoulders
It's dragging me to the ground
Just 'cause you don't understand
Doesn't make it ok to make me feel
Ashamed of myself
Ashamed of myself
Cause now I need you more than ever
To take me as I truly am and not as
You'd want me to be
You'd want me to be
Haven't been all that you could've hoped for
But I'm my own twisted little self
You wonder how you can be happy about that?
Thanks for your concern, but I think I'll pass
I hurt you precious pride, well I'm so sorry
You said you didn't ask for it but what did you ask for?
You're so focused
On the things you don't wanna see
You're so stuck
On old rules you don't even need
When it comes to someone else
It's okay to feel free
But when it comes to me
It's too hard to face it
I lived by your rules from the start
But that's a game I won't play anymore
The weight you put on my shoulders
It's dragging me to the ground
Just 'cause you don't understand
Doesn't make it ok to make me feel
Ashamed of myself
Ashamed of myself
Cause now I need you more than ever
To take me as I truly am and not as
You'd want me to be
You'd want me to be
Haven't been all that you could've hoped for
But I'm my own twisted little self
All this time living your way and all those chances I've wasted
To make you proud of me, was it really worth it?
'Cause when I told you the truth, who I really am inside
You put me down yeah you, you put me down yeah
Just 'cause you don't understand
Doesn't make it ok to make me feel
Ashamed of myself
Ashamed of myself
Cause now I need you more than ever
To take me as I truly am and not as
You'd want me to be
You'd want me to be
Just 'cause you don't understand
Does not make it ok to make me feel
Ashamed of myself
Ashamed of myself
Cause now I need you more than ever
To take me as I truly am and not as
You'd want me to be
You'd want me to be
Haven't been all that you could've hoped for
But I'm my own twisted little self