Break Away

[Phantasm]

I wrote this because lately my dad and myself have been avoiding speaking to each other, possibly because of the fact that I'm now a young adult (I'm 22) and he's my old man and he always wanted me, his little boy, to be just like him. Now, I have my own mind and my own views on certain things and he can't accept that, or doesn't want to. I am, if you will, 'breaking away' from him, in that I don't necessarily want to be just like him, and in other ways as well. Sorry Dad, if I turned out the wrong way, but...kids grow up and become their own people, there's not much you can do.

"Break Away"

Feeling so nervous, put under the spotlight
I never wanted to become you
I wanted to become me with my own life
But it's like God forbid I should express myself
Because if I did that I'd be someone else
And you can't accept the fact
That I just might want to break away
You always wanted me to be just like you
But now that I'm older I can see
That it's never like I thought it would be

Let me break away
I want to be myself
Let me break away
I want the freedom to express
All these thoughts and fears
That I've felt deep within all these years
Just let me break away

I feel this world shrinking smaller
A little more each and every day
And you can't it face it all at once cause
I'm breaking away and branching away
And despite what you could and will say
I sincerely doubt that I could hope to be like you
And maybe someday I'll look back on this
And reflect that you were in the right
But that's far away and this is now
Give me the reins to control my life

I'm asking you to let me break away
I want to be my own person
Just let me break away
I promise you I'll do all I can do
To make this whole life worth it

Let me break away
I want to be myself
Let me break away
I want the freedom to express
All these thoughts and fears
That I've felt deep within all these years
Just let me break away

[esaul17]

Now bad, but the first verse seeed a little bit cliched.

[.in.the.shadows.]

were you inspired by Linkin Park - Numb? because i get the same feel

[sickcycle]

Originally posted by .in.the.shadows.@Feb 23 2005, 02:51 AM
were you inspired by Linkin Park - Numb? because i get the same feel
Yeah it's alot like "Numb", but that's not a bad thing. First verse as already stated, is cliche, but the rest is good, good flow and so on, I liked it man; sorry about your dad and all.

[lpsk8er]

It's not bad sounds really good.

P.S maybe you can work it out with your dad.