Lyrics

They keep saying I should be proud
That I survived this long in the crowd
But the voices get loud
There’s no way out

They say I’m lucky they found me in time
But they don’t see the signs inside
There are voices that scream
And I’ve lost all my dreams

They say they care that they understand
But I still can’t reach out my hand

I survived again
I was beaten down from the age of ten
Then the walls grew around me
And now I finally see
They try to keep my head high
But they didn’t see me break and die
Though my soul stays near

It’s not a happy story in the end
And they try to fix me try to mend
They say I’m lucky just to be alive
But they don’t see I never wanted to survive

I tried to hold on tried to be strong
And no one ever saw what was wrong
They kept me in line till I failed
I wished my story ended with my tales

They said I should’ve tried harder
But the fear is real it’s something larger

I survived again
I was beaten down from the age of ten
Then the walls grew around me
And now I finally see
They try to keep my head high
But they didn’t see me break and die
Though my soul stays near

I kept the walls around me
They say open up and I’ll be free
I used to believe I could be happy to live
But now it just makes it harder to survive
Now I want the room to keep me quiet
I was beaten into silence

I survived again
I was beaten down from the age of ten
Then the walls grew around me
And now I finally see
They try to keep my head high
But they didn’t see me break and die
Though my soul stays near

They say I could be free but I find it hard
To trust the world when I’m always scarred