[Refrain]
Can you hear us screaming?
Do you see us dying?
[Intro - Talking]
Trauma and neglect altered our brain's ability to regulate emotions
Our brains believe wrong things like it’s better if we just die
We don’t mean to hurt you with our self-destructive notions
If we learn to love ourselves, things wouldn’t be so awry
[Verse]
People pretend when we turn 18, we’re grown up
We can’t grow up til we understand our emotions
We suffer because we didn’t learn to fill our own cup
We get overwhelmed and get lost in the commotion
We weren’t given the option to feel
If we looked back, we’d never survive
So we struggle to know what is real
We weren’t blessed with learning how to thrive
[Pre-Chorus]
We are stuck reliving
All we see is danger
We’re scared to start living
We feel like a stranger
[Chorus]
We don’t want to keep slowing everyone down
But instant suicide would make our loved ones suffer
So we try to keep swimming til we naturally drown
But we’re starting to see that’s no less rougher
So here we are begging for you to see us
Imagine if we could use our energy for more than surviving
I’m sure we will put up a bit of a fuss
But give us a chance and we can prove we are more than worth reviving
[Verse 2]
They were hurting so we learned how to hurt ourselves
They accidentally taught us we needed the pain
While scientists say that we need more than ourselves
Isolation became the way we learned to stay sane
We learned it was better not to think
They convinced us that we were crazy
Mind and reality didn’t sync
As we collapsed, they called us lazy
[Pre-Chorus]
We are stuck reliving
All we see is danger
We’re scared to start living
We feel like a stranger
[Chorus]
We don’t want to keep slowing everyone down
But instant suicide would make our loved ones suffer
So we try to keep swimming til we naturally drown
But we’re starting to see that’s no less rougher
So here we are begging for you to see us
Imagine if we could use our energy for more than surviving
I’m sure we will put up a bit of a fuss
But give us a chance and we can prove we are more than worth reviving
[Bridge]
I get that what we feel isn’t true
And you want to tell us that we are wrong
Instead validate our point of view
In the end it will help us to be strong
[Pre-Chorus]
We are stuck reliving
All we see is danger
We’re scared to start living
We feel like a stranger
[Chorus]
We don’t want to keep slowing everyone down
But instant suicide would make our loved ones suffer
So we try to keep swimming til we naturally drown
But we’re starting to see that’s no less rougher
So here we are begging for you to see us
Imagine if we could use our energy for more than surviving
I’m sure we will put up a bit of a fuss
But give us a chance and we can prove we are more than worth reviving
[Refrain]
Do you hear us begging?
Can you see us trying?