I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows For my mind to run around, with my ear up to the ground I'm searchin' to behold the stories that are told When my back is to the world that was smilin' when I turned Tell you you're the greatest But once you turn, they hate us Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y My enemy-y-y-y-y Your words up on the wall as you're prayin' for my fall And the laughter in the halls and the names that I've been called I stack it in my mind, and I'm waitin' for the time When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic Tell you you're the greatest But once you turn, they hate us Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y My enemy-y-y-y-y I'm hopin' that somebody pray for me I'm prayin' that somebody hope for me Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y My enemy-y-y-y-y