Everything that I know my heart needs
Is broken and out of my reach
Shaken and seein' myself break down
Made it much harder to breathe
Swear to myself someday when I'm old
This world won't seem quite so cold
Swear to myself someday I'll be free
And bold enough to back out of this
Misleading, lonely abyss
I'm sick of hiding, acting like someone I'm not
But the second I'm myself I bruise the ones I swore I'd never drop
I'm sick and tired of being wired to please
Everybody here but me
And if I could, I would tear down all these walls that you've built
And maybe stand up, be a man for once
And if I could, I would tear down all the fear you instill
And maybe stand up, be a man for once
Living at 19 doesn't make sense
Every spark of love just bends
All I want is to be clothed in the fabric of her love
Guess that's asking for too much
I miss when I knew how to live just for myself
Now every dream seems to be abandoned on the shelf
I'm sick and tired of being wired to meet
All the other's desires
Feels like my world's on fire
And if I could, I would tear down all these walls that you've built
And maybe stand up, be a man for once
And if I could, I would tear down all the fear you instill
And maybe stand up, be a man for once
I swear you could say, you could say
About anything, anything
But I know that it won't be enough
Still if I could, I would tear down all these walls that you've built
And maybe stand up, be a man for once
I know, I know I can't polish this, these stains
And it's all because of my impulsive choice to misbehave
Locking eyes and locking lips
With the girl who my best friend's in love with
Stealing her heart to breaking every fiber of trust with him
This is all so much bigger than me
I'm about to be brought to
I do, I do all these things
I have too much bad history
With too many people
Would it be so wrong for me to finally feel peaceful?
And if I could, I would drop it all and call her my own
Then maybe I'd feel like a man for once
And if I could, I would break out of this box that I'm in
Trying to be stronger like a man for once
I swear you could say, you could say
About anything, anything
But I know that it won't be enough
Still if I could, I would tear down all these walls that you've built
And maybe stand up, be a man for once