Much Better Off

Play a song on the radio, turn the volume up, let it all go

Sway with the wind while the darkness sets in

You feel you got the wrong body, wrong face, wrong name

Been told to play a sick and twisted game

No wonder you feel like you always come up lame

And you'll hear it 'til your head falls off, suck it up kid

From a crowd full of folks who cry freedom, you'll hear shut up kid

Always mocking and bemoaning you no matter what you did

Always mumbling it'd be better off if you went and hid

But it's too late for hiding, it's already been decided

The world's so much better off with you in it

You wear the finest clothes your little money can buy

Don't matter if it says it's for a girl or a guy

You'll wear what you want so long as it makes you feel good

And they'll stare and they'll jeer, say you don't belong here

You know that hate comes from a place of fear

They may never understand, say it ain't God's plan

But I'll bet you know God better than any of them

And it's written you were made it God's image, only you know what that is

And if someone tries to tell you otherwise, that's their own business

They will try to change you, but you don't wanna be changed

Say you are a demon, but you don't feel deranged

Unfortunate they don't know what the damn truth is

The world's so much better off with you in it

Now this bridge is to take the song in a new direction

But again I'm gonna tell you, you don't need to make a correction

Don't give into ghouls or fraternize with fools who say you ain't good enough

Just look them in their cold dead eyes and tell 'em that's tough

Now this third verse is supposed to provide resolution

But it's easier to sing a song than serve up a solution

Hateration, holleration, hang out in every hometown

Hecklers betting it'd be better off if you were brought down

But baby, it's the greatest thing if you're allowed to grow

And present as your person if it pleases you so

Without you the world would simply wither real slow

They might think it's for the best, but by God, it would blow

So the next time someone who thinks they mean well says suck it up kid

And some flag waving freedom freak gets in your face and says shut up kid

Remember you're the reason the world keeps spinning on

And it'd sure as Hell spin slower if you went and got gone

You oughta fight for your right to party as you is

Because the world's so much better off with you in it

Yes it may seem to hard to hold back the hate

That comes from without and within every day

Do the work live without shame, because the truth is

The world's so much better off with you in it