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
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.