Don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me


Be it a song or casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks
Of quiet reservations

Your words once heard
They can place you in a faction
My words may disturb

But at least there's a reaction

Sometimes I wanna kill

Sometimes I wanna die
Sometimes I wanna destroy
Sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even
Sometimes I could give up
Sometimes I could give

Sometimes I never give a $#&@

It's only for a while

I hope you understand
I never wanted this to happen
Didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world
I took what I could find
I cried when I was lonely

I fell down when I was blind

But don't damn me

When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me

How can I ever satisfy you

An how can I ever make you see
That deep inside we're all somebody
An it don't matter who you wanna be

But now I gotta smile
I hope you comprehend
For this man can say it happened

'Cause this child has been
condemned
So I stepped into your world

I kicked you in the mind
An I'm the only witness
To the nature of my crime


But look at what we've done
To the innocent and young

Whoa listen to who's talking
'Cause we're not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes

And dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our
conscious thoughts

You tell me who's to blame

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

An I know you don't wanna hear me deny
That your satisfaction lies in your ILLUSIONS
But your delusions are yours and not mine

We take for granted we know the whole story
We judge a book by its cover
And read what we want

Between selected lines

Don't hail me
An don't idolize the ink
Or I've failed in my intentions

Can you find the missing link
Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a $#&@ing waste of time
So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and I've never pretended
As so many others do intending just to please
If I damned your point of view
Could you turn the other cheek


But don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been

An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me
Don't damn me
I said don't damn me
I said don't hail me

Don't damn me