Here I Am

I never been an academic, I never did well at school

Never made the grade like we're all told we're supposed to do

I was slow and to cope I would joke and be a teachers' fool

Just to hide it, mm hmm

He said I'll never come to much, I'll never be no good

I didn't fit in the vision of the curriculum like I should

Who says a test is the best way to get us understood?

I don't think so, don't think so, no

Here I am, tell me what I gotta lose (Mm)

Tell me what I gotta prove (Mm)

Here I am, ain't no win without a fail (Mm)

So let me fail forward, hey

Here I am

I said I was slow, but now I know another point of view

Turns out, I let every little thing sink in until I know it through and through

Ain't it funny, To Kill A Mockingbird are words we learn at school

On compassion?

Well, here I am, tell me what I gotta lose (Mm)

Tell me what I gotta prove (Mm)

Here I am, ain't no win without a fail (Mm)

So let me fail forward, hey

Here I am

Each day I make a bet

That the voices in my head

Won't always understand

Or take me as I am

I didn't read a lot of books as a kid until my tables turned

At twenty-one I began to eat up the whole shelf

Fillin' up myself with the words

Of other misfits lookin' for a home in a lonely world

Now, here I am, tell me what I gotta lose (Mm)

Tell me what I gotta prove (Mm)

Here I am, ain't no win without a fail (Mm)

So let me fail forward, hey

So let me fail

So let me fail forward (Here I am)

So let me fail, hey

So let me fail forward, hey