People Like Me

What would you rather me do Be just like them or be just like you What should I say To make these thoughts go away Melbourne's getting much smaller And I'm not getting any taller Should I smile Or stay asleep for a little while Because I've got all my names in the all the wrong files And I've got all my skin in all the wrong piles And I've got all this spit in my throat that's turning into bile People like me We're not anything like you Despite what you think I don't wanna be anything like you You see me? I'm just trying to make it through People like me It's been raining all summer And I've been pulling a runner Not trying to make things hard just trying to get far Away I'm getting further away From wanting to go but don't want to stay Because there's been too much rain and I've got all my clothes in the back of my car But despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard I've got all this fight but you won't believe me til you see the scars People like me We're not anything like you Despite what you think I don't wanna be anything like you You see me? I'm just trying to make it through People like me Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Passion burnt behind my eyes Time went slow but now it flies And the edges get a little rougher still My rage and empathy are numb Your mind is old but mine is young And nothing's ever full until it's filled The men they came with boots and beer But what they wanted was quite unclear They tried to make it white that once was brown And I see it there behind your eyes The ghosts that scratch and burn and lie Haunting sounds like healing this far down And I want it to be simple But it's still unclear I wanted to be there But I'm still here Despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard Despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard