Standing on the street on a cold morning It's generic, but it's where you found glory Waiting for a cab when you can walk 'Cause it's cold, and the sunrise won't stop You think looks are a deteriorating commodity And I'm afraid to look at myself, 'cause it seems self-hatred could be narcissism If you're still thinking about yourself I'm good at the qualitative, not the quantitative So I'm forced to change with each doubt It's not losing freedom, it's losing convenience And I've conveniently counted you out It'd clear that sometimes people don't choose evil They mistake power for freedom You're having a party with nothing to celebrate Because you don't even believe in kingdoms Bodega castles and kings storming streets Suffering long enough To want others to suffer too Jump the fence behind the cafe on Fourth Avenue To realize this evil isn't you 'Cause people who suffer want other people to suffer And I only want people to work within parameters I can thrive in A wolf in sheep's skin Is not a mindset that you can stay alive in If all you do is react to an enemy And do what you think they will hate You're letting them define you Because your soul still cannot break away And you remember telling your mother "If you don't like the road I'm going down, you don't have to follow me" She said, "To be unique or to be one of a kind Does not mean you have to be alone in your feelings 'Cause real confidence is a willingness to be vulnerable in front of others You provoke me, and then when I react, you play the victim And then you hide under the covers" She said, "Mom will always love you, but Right now I just don't like you" She replied, "Knock on the door at any hour Because, in this house, we will always welcome you" They say, if you're good at something you don't seem to care about what you're bad at And the hardest losses in life are the ones that you cannot take back We can be robbers of each other's time and drill our own consciousness Freedom isn't free but liberty can be, if you choose to believe it We get stuck in this mindset Where we say we love you, so join us or we'll kill you It's the safest bet "You're safe here, as long as you lose your identity" is another lie that we're fed But honestly, if there is a place where you can be you To the purest form And love yourself as well as everyone around you I hope you find it 'Cause you deserve peace
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