Told To Be

I wasn't strong enough
I wasn't wise enough
The things you said to me
To try and break me down
I crumbled underneath the weight of weightless sounds

I watched from up above
I was too much love
Pretending you were right erasing all my doubt
My fantasy was strong enough to psych me out

And I cannot escape
The ever present feeling that I am my mistakes
And they follow me around, around, around

And I was told to be a better version of yourself you have to believe
That people are allowed to change

Ah
Ah

I ran from all the signs
I had made up my mind
When faced with opportunity I turned my back
But as I walked away my pride slipped through the cracks

I stopped to smell the air
But when I opened up my eyes you were no longer there
I put the things I want over the things I need
I lost myself to anger, hate, revenge, and greed

And I cannot escape
The ever present feeling that I am my mistakes
And they follow me around, around, around

And I was told to be a better version of yourself you have to believe
That people are allowed to change
Change

I was told to be
I was told to be
I was told to be
(I was told to be)
I was told to be
Yeah

I was told to be
(I was told to be)
I was told to be
(I was told to be)
Yeah
And I was told to be
(I was told to be)
But I was never free
No!

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I was told to be
I was told to be
Yeah
I was told to be
I was never free

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You told me I should always try to be myself
But then you took your hands and molded me and put me on your shelf

You told me I should never try and ask for help
But then you tore me limb for limb and said to blame it on myself

You told me that I wasn't good enough and couldn't fight
You told me that no one would ever want to look me in the eye

Once upon a time I had believed the things you said to me
But time has changed my mind about some things
And now you're dead to me

I was told to be
I was never free
I was told to be
I was never free
I was told to be
I was never free
I was told to be
Finally I'm free