Youth of the Nation
I fight for my life,
But I can’t seem to hide
Who I am from this world
Or who I am inside.
They play me
And change me
And cast me aside,
Like I’m no one,
Not worthy
Of their heedless minds.
I can’t breathe,
I’m choking,
I’m drowning in their lies.
I can’t stay,
I can’t change,
I can’t be enough in their eyes.
I have no one,
Nothing,
That isn’t on their side.
I’m alone in this world
And I can’t seem to rise
From this hole,
From this pit,
From this cavity of demise.
I need a hand,
I need a hold,
I need a light to shine
On this forsaken frame
That I call my life.
I wan’t hope,
I want to gaze
On what I will find
If I stay strong,
If I stay strapping,
In this ongoing fight.
Will I ever gaze
On the beautiful future
That I hold in my sights?
Through the fog
I will stumble,
And the ground will strike,
But I will triumph,
I will succeed,
For it is what's right.
I am strong,
I am powerful,
I will reach beyond the strife.
I might not change the world,
And I may not change your life,
But I am a youth of the nation,
And I just might.