Told To Be

I wasn't strong enough I wasn't wise enough The things you said to me to try and break me down I crumbled underneath the weight of weightless sounds I watched from up above I was too much love Pretending you were right erasing all my doubt My fantasy was strong enough to psych me out And I cannot escape The ever present feeling that I am my mistakes And they follow me around, around, around And I was told to be a better version of yourself you have to believe That people are allowed to change Ah Ah I ran from all the signs I had made up my mind When faced with opportunity I turned my back But as I walked away my pride slipped through the cracks I stopped to smell the air But when I opened up my eyes you were no longer there I put the things I want over the things I need I lost myself to anger, hate, revenge, and greed And I cannot escape The ever present feeling that I am my mistakes And they follow me around, around, around And I was told to be a better version of yourself you have to believe That people are allowed to change Change I was told to be I was told to be I was told to be (I was told to be) I was told to be Yeah I was told to be (I was told to be) I was told to be (I was told to be) Yeah And I was told to be (I was told to be) But I was never free No! Uh huh woah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah huh yeah ah Uh huh yeah yeah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah huh yeah ah I was told to be I was told to be Yeah I was told to be I was never free Uh huh woah huh yeah ah Uh huh yeah yeah ah yeah ah hey Uh huh yeah yeah uh yeah ah Uh huh woah ah yeah ah hey Uh huh woah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah oh yeah ah Uh huh yeah yeah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah oh yeah ah Uh huh woah oh yeah ah Uh huh yeah yeah huh yeah ah Uh huh woah oh yeah ah Uh huh yeah yeah oh yeah ah You told me I should always try to be myself But then you took your hands and molded me and put me on your shelf You told me I should never try and ask for help And then you tore me limb for limb and said to blame it on myself You told me that I wasn't good enough and couldn't fight You told me that no one would ever want to look me in the eye Once upon a time I had believed the things you said to me But time has changed my mind about some things and now you're dead to me I was told to be I was never free I was told to be I was never free I was told to be I was never free I was told to be Finally I'm free