Permission To Be

I want to fly away
i need to fly away
i want to stop being told i'm too young
i know i am
i want to stop being told i can't do it
i know what i can do
i want to do things on my own
if i mess up then I mess up, at least I tried
i want to stop being told what to do
let me make my own mistakes
i want to be trusted and believed
i'm not that bad of a person
i want to feel like i have some control
not like i have to get permission to live
i don't want to live the way you want me to
i'm not you an i don't think like you do
i want to be heard, actually heard
not looked at like its cute that i think i know what i'm talking about
i've been through more that i will ever tell you
i've put up with more than i will ever admit
i've been hurt more times then i will ever say
and still i'm only eighteen,
i don't know what its like to be in pain,
i don't know what its like to lose,
i don't know what its like to be at rock bottom,
i don't know what hardship is
that's what you think isn't it?
you think that i just don't know
I know more than you realize