Broken and beaten down. Opinions test my tired mind. Your strength slows my pace. I've fallen prey to your ratrace. Crumbling under the weight of what you think I start to bend and break. I must swim free from this sea of conformity so I can breath. I won't hide who I am just so you can be my friend. I'll let my true self shine. Revealing what's inside for all to see. We fight a never ending war against ourselves in search of something real. Forces beyond our control dictate they way we think and feel.


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    what kind of music do you suppose this is? friends are telling me it's hardcore...sounds like punk to me

    jretardon July 07, 2002   Link
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    well you obviously know nothing about hardcore, hardcore has the best lyrics of any music that will ever pass through your mind... this song is about being who you are, fuck what paople think

    XwhitedoodXon August 23, 2002   Link
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    Hardcore is not the best lyrics anywhere, and it is not the best music that will ever pass "Through your mind" or what little you have of one. Hardcore is nothing other than a form of expression, just like all music, and music that comes from the heart is all amazing, you make hardcore sound like a cult of music haters, hardcore is the MOST emo music I know, it is the only kind that can make me FEEL somthing other than sadness, you sir are in a war against yourself and in search of somthing real, dont find your reality in bands that are still searching for somthing real, its hypocracy at its best, and by the way what do you know about hardcore, you have only listened to it for a short time and been to a handful of shows, heh brother.

    WonderfulStrangeon May 07, 2003   Link
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    Quality song. I like the message. " won't hide who I am just so you can be my friend. I'll let my true self shine. Revealing what's inside for all to see." Exactly how I feel.

    xStuEdgexon February 19, 2005   Link

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