Always the problem

I wake up trying to do it right

Say the right words, keep the peace tonight

But every step I take gets twisted wrong

I breathe too loud, I stay too long

I give my heart, they call it weak

I build my walls, they say I’m cold and mean

If I fight back, I’m out of line

If I stay quiet, I’m wasting time

I bend, I break, I change my ways

Still end up guilty either way

No matter what I do, it’s always a problem

If I’m up, if I’m down, yeah they got something

Try to be strong, I’m too hard to love

Try to be real, I’m not enough

I carry the blame like it’s my name

Every scar’s just more proof of the same

No matter what I choose or solve ‘em

I’m always, always the problem

I say I’m hurting, they roll their eyes

Tell me “man up,” don’t ask me why

I give my all till there’s nothing left

Then they ask why I’m such a mess

I fix their fires, I take the fall

Stand in the rain so they don’t get cold

But when I need just one hand to hold

They disappear like I’m nothing at all

I bleed in silence, smile in pain

Still somehow I’m the one to blame

No matter what I do, it’s always a problem

If I’m honest or hiding the bottom

Try to be calm, I’m dead inside

Try to speak up, I start a fight

I carry the weight of every mistake

Even the ones I didn’t make

No matter how I try to solve ‘em

I’m always, always the problem

Maybe I’m tired of wearing the fault

Tired of paying for everyone’s cost

If being myself’s a crime I commit

Then maybe this world just isn’t it

I’m not perfect, I never claimed

But I’m more than the shame they gave

If I walk away, I’m selfish

If I stay, I lose myself

Tell me—how do I win

In a game where I’m condemned?

No matter what I do, it’s always a problem

I’m the storm and the one blamed for the flood then

Try to love, I’m too much to take

Try to leave, I’m the big mistake

But one day I’ll stand, unbroken, unbothered

Stop carrying guilt that wasn’t my honor

Let them talk, let them call ‘em

I won’t be their problem

I won’t be their problem anymore.