Define me as a failure Only the shadow of a man I will suffer the judgement passed by those Who simply do not understand Who I am, the way I think The pain that sets in underneath And when I try to be myself it seems like The insecurity gets the worst of me ♪ Gets the worst of me ♪ The distance, it makes me sick But there's a new way that I'm coping with conviction And I don't expect you to understand it I can't leave these words unsaid 'Cause it's a product of the battle that's in my head And I can't pretend that it never haunts me The world will never be enough for me I'll tell you from the top, it's only skin deep I don't know what I believe But it's not the way it's supposed to be Over these past few years I admit that things have changed Dreams became reality but the pleasure became pain I've loved, I've lost, you wouldn't know what it cost After every sacrifice that I have made I'll take this to the grave ♪ You can be who you want to be But your nightmares live in the same dream Go be who you want to be The distance, it makes me sick But there's a new way that I'm coping with conviction And I don't expect you to understand it I can't leave these words unsaid 'Cause it's a product of the battle that's in my head And I can't pretend that it never haunts me ♪ I don't expect you to understand it And I can't pretend that it never haunts me