Soundtrack to Our Lives

You were the song stuck in my head, Every song that I’ve ever loved, Played again and again and again, And you can get what you want but it’s never enough

Freedom, I let go of fear and the peace came quickly, Freedom, I was in the dark and then it hit me, I chose suffering and pain in the falling rain, I know, I gotta get out into the world again

You could give me hell, You could give me death, Break before I bend, I will have revenge, Fire through my veins, I will fan the flames, Until my dying breath

I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor but I'm kind, I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah, I'm high but I'm grounded, I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed, I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

Where there's shadow there is light, love is in the battle cry, even in the darkest night, there is shadow and there is light

Who knew this could lead to a dream I never knew I had? I can't believe I could ever want something so bad

So let's get back to when, Everything seemed perfect, Not a worry in the world, Tell me was it all worth it? I get what I want, So everyone's always judging me, I'm not afraid of anything, I've got the whole world in front of me.

'Cause, baby, I could build a castle, Out of all the bricks they threw at me, And every day is like a battle, But every night with us is like a dream

I owned every second that this world could give, I saw so many places, the things that I did, With every broken bone, I swear I lived

I followed the leader, Now I just follow myself, Destiny is overrated, So I think I’ll write my own

It's hard to see you, we are older now And when I find you, you just turn around This is a black and white of you I've found I hang you up and then I pull you down

Maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye, Maybe I was wrong for trying to pick a fight, I know that I've got issues, But you're pretty messed up too, Either way I found out, I'm nothing without you

Half my life's in books' written pages, Live and learn from fools and from sages, You know it's true, All the things you do, come back to you

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind, Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time, Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial, For what it's worth it was worth all the while

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did, Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid, I'm still standing after all this time, Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind, I'm still standing