Closed in
Feeling so tight
Trying to do what
Everyone else thinks is right
Walking in circles
And losing my way
Worrying about tomorrow
When I can't even figure out today
Shivering from cold glances
I get all the time
Wondering how I'm seen
In other people's mind
What do they think
What do they say about me
Why do I have to change
What can't they just let me be
I don't know why I'm trying
So hard to impress everyone for
My life seems so automatic
It doesn't feel like I'm living anymore
Bruised by unwanted thoughts
Trapped in my past
Longing for feelings
That weren't real enough to last
Hoping and wishing
Thinking and praying
Wondering what people mean
By what they are saying
Feeling hated every day
By the people I love
Sinking further below
Each time I try and rise above
If life is a balance
Of holding on and letting go
Then how come it seems each time I try
I'm always told "No"
You must fail often
Before you will ever succeed
I am just testing the shaky waters
And getting wet above my knees
Please, don't be angry
Don't judge who I am
If you can't accept that
Then I can't accept you as a friend
Don't treat me like a child
I know who I want to be
You're angry and upset right now
Because you might not agree
I am doing nothing wrong
I'm just living a little
So step aside, and let me be
Please, don't ruin it by being bitter
Don't close me in or stab my back
It'll only make things worse
I'm not in the mood to be nice
So here are first things first
I need a friend, not a judge,
To accept me for being this girl
And to accept that I'm not always perfect
Who is in this messed up world
I don't need someone to close me in
But someone to let me out
I need someone not to change me
But to find what I'm all about
You know who I am
And what I'm all about
Don't bother trying to be there
If you have any sort of doubt
So my offer is standing strong
And what's on the line is Friendship
The choice is in your hands now
You can take it or leave it
