I close my eyes to shut out the sun
Every morning I awake face to face with a gun
Temporarily relieved with sweet solace of sleep
It's hard to find courage within constant retreat

Do I have the ability, the capacity, allow me to flee?
Permitting me to seize the key you dangled in front of me
Your goals dropped on me only hold me back
I found my path just to get knocked off track

My life, my future. My right to chose
It's my best interests in mind – it's not what's best for you
Tried to shield me from mistakes, taking refuge from the truth
I'm forced in a different direction to conform to your view

I'm stuck in a rut. Held back and for what?
Just because you decided I didn't make the cut?
I don't need this. The light has been sighted
No matter how hard you hide it, in time I'll still find it
The life I seek is not based on a world that's mean
So I conceive a another reality which I've only seen in my dreams

I want to live a life filled with things that bring joy
Not nine to five being played like a toy
And I try so hard to cut the strings
But fate steps in to remind me who's running things


If no one other than me believes,
What am I supposed to think?
And if no one other than me can see,
How am I supposed to succeed?
If no one other than me believes,
What am I supposed to think?
And if no one other than me can see,
How am I supposed to succeed?


You preach your beliefs like the only choice to make
Just how many of your lies did you think I would take?
You use your life to inspire. You forgot I seen all you got
You sold out to sloth, but I will not be bought
No, dreams aren't meant to built tolerance for stress
To settle for less, content enough to forget
With all the possibilities, which path will you take?
The one where I make my own mistakes!

My journey has started, I hold the power now
There is no to which I answer, cower, or bow
I've earned this freedom so it won't be compromised
Won't be the least bit surprised when you criticize
Proudly I lead my future, no longer will I be led
I leave you behind tangled in your web of distress
I since gained sight. I just opened my eyes
I can now succeed having broke free from your lies

The road has split. Now you get sentimental?
Decision instrumental. Result monumental
I can rise new heights with feet planted I fly
My roots are in place and I branch towards the light
The smoke has ceased. The gun's steel grown cold
Now free of it's hold, I seize control
And it's hard to resist permanent peace eternal sleep
With a new lease on life, my future's your history

Life's constantly adding fuel to the fire
Searing desires as it grows wider and higher
It's the wounds in dire need that take the longest to treat
Like night brings cold, dawn's light brings heat
And with each day passed, you wish it had last
But you took it for granted and abandoned your plants
Did you bail cause your passions grew stale?
It's the fact that you failed that led your train to derail


If someone says they don't believe in me
Who are you saying I can't reach my dreams?
So if someone says you can't do that and succeed
Look at you. Think I'd let that happen to me?
If someone says they don't believe in me
Who are you saying I can't reach my dreams?
So if someone says you can't do that and succeed
Look at you. Think I'd let that happen to me?