i feel like i'm trapped
in a dark room
screaming
praying to be let out

the only ones who hear my cries
hold no control
and cannot change
this feeling i hold inside

the few who could change this life
choose not to see
my constant struggle
or hear my desperate plight

the harder i fight
the more i am sure
they take my tears
and make light
of what causes all my pain

sometimes i think to myself
give up and call their bluff
just end it all
and get this life over with

so i never have to face
my fears
or my dreams
ever again

i find myself giving in
but if i let go
i give them the easy way out
i have to fight my way thru

i'll never be the failure
they see in me
more determined than ever
to succeed

i will look back and say
you were the ones
holding me back