Perspectives

They said, just be normal, just play the game

Don’t think too hard, don’t chase the pain

But my mind's been wired, twisted tight

Red lights flashing in the dead of night

I tried to fit in, wore the mask

But every step felt like shattered glass

Growing up, playing pretend

They said it gets easier—when?

Trying to act normal, but I never belonged

They wrote the rules, and I read them wrong

Stuck in my head, rewired and torn

Tell me, is this what it means to be born?

They tell me to just live my life

Meet some people, it'll be all right

But the echoes of what I was taught

Keep dragging me back to the wars I fought

I tried to listen, I tried to care

But the world feels rigged, it’s never fair

They say let go, but how do you

When the past is a weight you can’t undo?

Trying to act normal, but I never belonged

They wrote the rules, and I read them wrong

Stuck in my head, rewired and torn

Tell me, is this what it means to be born?

I sympathize, I understand

But saying "be normal" is just a demand

Some of us never learned the way

Some of us never found the stage

Trying to act normal, but I never belonged

They wrote the rules, and I read them wrong

Stuck in my head, rewired and torn

Tell me, is this what it means to be born?

Trying to act normal, trying to be free

But the world don’t make sense to people like me...