Won't Back Down

I got told to follow in your footsteps
To do what you would do, and to be exact
Now twice in my life I've been told that
And twice in my life I've proved that
If I go your way, I'll regret each day
Live my life into an early grave
They say it's easy to forget, but what they're missing
Is that these memories are something that you can't get rid of
I recollect, to connect then I break down
But then I stand back up for the next round
'Cause I need to fight my own fights
To see the world in colour, not black and white
It's a mistake to hang on to every word and just obey
To not listen to the concept but the words that you would say
Need to forget you, and bury this hate
I choose my own path, I choose my own fate
I won't back down
In spite of everything you do
I won't give in
No matter what you put me through
My mind says I'm going for the gold
I live my life by the wind that blows
If it pushes me I will push back
But never one to initiate the attack
We all learn to, give and take
Whether it's worth it, the price that we all pay
'Cause if you take the good and add it all up
It'll never be enough
I recollect, connect and process the pain
And use it to play their mind games
They taught me how to play
Making me the centre of the home-grown hate
But that's not something I'm willing to take
So fuck them and their mind charades
We all walk the jungle of the seeds we have sown
But the path'll seem clear if you know where you're goin'

I won't back down
In spite of everything you do
I won't give in
No matter what you put me through

I will hear the laugher long after
'Cause you consider me such a disaster
And I know the inside jokes
The code to a life going down the right road
A simple method to acquire some heaven
Gotta learn a lesson in self compression
Easier to talk than is to listen
But now the best parts of life are what you'll be missin'
Recollect, process and collect your thoughts
And remember the best in life cannot be bought
For the rest of your life you will be taught
Not to fight through life, don't run but walk
Here's where the message ends
Don't act like you know everything
Me? I'm still walkin' through life
Ready and willing to run when the time is right
I won't back down

I won't back down
In spite of everything you do
I won't give in
No matter what you put me through
I won't back down
In spite of everything you do
I won't give in
No matter what you put me through

At the end of the day when it all fades away there's one thing you got left to say
At the end of the day when it all fades away just one thing you got left to say
I won't back down