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Artist: The World Ends With You
Canonical path: /the-world-ends-with-you/breaking-free
Related lyric paths: 6
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Breaking Free
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Breaking Free
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Pounding at these prison walls inside my mind
Struggling to break free but I realize
I'm stuck here shackled by this insecurity
That tells me I can't do what you're expecting of me
Every night I lie awake
Feeling like I'm just a mistake
Oh, take a look at me
I know I'm not the perfect boy you want me to be
All I really need
Is room to breathe because this pressure's killing me
All my life I've fought to win your validation
Always met with failure and humiliation
Maybe I belong here, shackled in this place
Where no one else can see I'm nothing but a disgrace
Every night I lie in my bed
Trying to escape from my head
Oh, take a look at me
I know I'm not the perfect boy you want me to be
All I really need
Is room to breathe because this pressure's killing me
So, take a look at me
I know I'm not the perfect boy you've pushed me to be
But I found some clarity
My life's too precious to be shackled by insecurity
Now I'm breaking free
I'm through with you and everybody who's telling me
Who I'm meant to be
I'm taking back control
The world ends with me
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