Thinking Straight

All this time living your way and all those chances I've wasted To make you proud of me, was it really worth it? 'Cause when I told you the truth, who I really am inside You put me down yeah you, you put me down yeah Feeling stuck in here, confined in here When all you do is dictating my life, don't you see it's not right I'm not the way you want, can't be the way you are Tell me why, why can't you get it, how can it be so hard I lived by your rules from the start But that's a game I won't play anymore The weight you put on my shoulders It's dragging me to the ground Just 'cause you don't understand Doesn't make it ok to make me feel Ashamed of myself Ashamed of myself Cause now I need you more than ever To take me as I truly am and not as You'd want me to be You'd want me to be Haven't been all that you could've hoped for But I'm my own twisted little self You wonder how you can be happy about that? Thanks for your concern, but I think I'll pass I hurt you precious pride, well I'm so sorry You said you didn't ask for it but what did you ask for? You're so focused On the things you don't wanna see You're so stuck On old rules you don't even need When it comes to someone else It's okay to feel free But when it comes to me It's too hard to face it I lived by your rules from the start But that's a game I won't play anymore The weight you put on my shoulders It's dragging me to the ground Just 'cause you don't understand Doesn't make it ok to make me feel Ashamed of myself Ashamed of myself Cause now I need you more than ever To take me as I truly am and not as You'd want me to be You'd want me to be Haven't been all that you could've hoped for But I'm my own twisted little self All this time living your way and all those chances I've wasted To make you proud of me, was it really worth it? 'Cause when I told you the truth, who I really am inside You put me down yeah you, you put me down yeah Just 'cause you don't understand Doesn't make it ok to make me feel Ashamed of myself Ashamed of myself Cause now I need you more than ever To take me as I truly am and not as You'd want me to be You'd want me to be Just 'cause you don't understand Does not make it ok to make me feel Ashamed of myself Ashamed of myself Cause now I need you more than ever To take me as I truly am and not as You'd want me to be You'd want me to be Haven't been all that you could've hoped for But I'm my own twisted little self