"Throwing Away" I remember the days of when I was young Remember hearing you talk of what I would become Your words were lies laced with negativity Telling everyone that I was who you told me to be And I was so rebellious with a badass attitude Maybe they believed your lies but I'm nobody's fool I was a kid then, but I'm not anymore I'm facing you now and I'm settling the score I'm shoving you away, leave me all alone I'm throwing your memories away I'll try to forget the words you said Painting my memories in shades of gray I was never going to be like you And you couldn't accept the fact You tried to control me but you couldn't hold me back I'll never be like you, could never be like you I'm throwing away the past I used to hate the way you'd lord over me And treat me like I was your own personal property Always acting as though I was to blame Whenever things got out of hand I see the guilt wrote on your face From another time and another place I see the shame in your eyes Because I'm telling the truth Hidden in all your lies I'm shoving you away, leave me all alone I'm throwing your memories away I'll try to forget the words you said Painting my memories in shades of gray I was never going to be like you And you couldn't accept the fact You tried to control me but you couldn't hold me back I'll never be like you, could never be like you I'm throwing away the past I'm not saying I hate you But all the hurt that you gave me Cannot just be ignored It's hard to push memories away When they come back again And they won't leave me alone It's like no matter I do It comes back to you But I'm pressing on Forgetting the pain you caused I'm throwing away the past (shoving you away) You've painted my memories (in shades of gray) I could never be you (and I never hope to be) I'm trying to repair the damage that you did to me I'm throwing away the past