a Christian family I wanted to please my parents I wanted them to be so proud of me So I took their faith and I learned their religion And I went to a church
My faith is my own Popularity's the great dictator With the masses to please I don't want to be king for a day If I have to give up what I can and cannot
Tell me brother tell me Where have you been to? You know you've been gone a while And I prayed you'd make it through If I never said it, you can come
I said I believe in God I said I believe in the impossible I said I believe in God Though none go with me I will follow He said man I've been to a church
Got the call at 5 pm You roommate said you'd left a note saying you could use a friend So I went to the hospital with my heart all choked up tight And
I fooled everybody I learned to say the right words and dress the right dress and do the right things But maybe one day they'll see through my facade
I see a blind man on the street He doesn't know what I look like So he can't judge the man I am Except by what he sees inside I see a child on the street
The rain fell down in my life today and I almost drowned Sometimes the happiness just all fades away And it can't be found, no But I won't give up, no
Take me as I am I lay down al I thought I should be And I give up my walls of pride Hoping love would find me Take me as I am I never wanted to need Your
He can't stand the fighting anymore He goes to his room, he shuts the door And somewhere a father and a mother talk about divorce again She's been missing
I know the wrong, I know the right I see the black, I see the white But when it's not so cut and dried, oh no How do I seek to mediate, Freedom afforded
Boom! Take back the beat! We stand together for what we believe Light a candle in the darkness hold it up for all to see We walk together, walk by my
(Chorus): I will not give up, I will not give in I will stand up for what I believe I will not hold back I will not lie down I will cry out for I still
You'd think I'd know by now the difference between right and wrong The sad truth is I do, so why do I so often fake the truth embrace the night instead
(Chorus): When I get this way I need a change of mind then I think of you and leave it all behind Some days are hard for me to bear I don't seem to have
do what I want to do I have found the truth and the truth has set me free Well I sought the world in my quest to satisfy I never got anywhere just anesthesized til I found a church
