Being Me
By: Cheyenne Taylor Age: 12 Issued: June 16, 2003

It seems that no matter what I do
I'm always wrong
I'm always stupid
I've got problems
I'm not able to function correctly
I look like I'm fine
But it eats away at me
Slowly I die
But they all say that I'm just
Being me
I can't take it anymore
I guess I've got to change
To fit your perspective
I guess I shouldn't care who I am
I need to be who you want me to
I guess the days are over
Where I can go on
Just being me
I used to live
Where I didn't have to bend
I'm not flexible
But I guess I've gotta learn
Because if I don't
Then I'm gonna lose everything
But either way
I'm gonna lose me
But that's the way you want it
So start loving the monster you've created
I can't take it anymore
I guess I've got to change
To fit your perspective
I guess I shouldn't care who I am
I need to be who you want me to
I guess the days are over
Where I can go on
Just being me
You never had to leave yourself behind
You never got shunned
By the angry buzzing in your head
Sending you the message
Your friends are sending
Like junk mail you try to ignore it
But it keeps piling up
You finally cave in
I feel like you don't want me anymore
So ill become someone new
With no flaws
Or blunders
Or blemishes
I'll be perfect
Would you like that?
I can't take it anymore
I guess I've got to change
To fit your perspective
I guess I shouldn't care who I am
I need to be who you want me to
I guess the days are over
Where I can go on
Just being me
(Angry chords on guitar)
Why can't you accept
That all I want to do is
Just be me?