Adolescence

Say it isn't so
Base your facts off of assumptions
That only pull me down
Don't want to eat, just want to sleep.
Wanna go home but it's the last place
I want to be.

Wish I could have my way
Bust out on my own and break your...chains
I feel restricted, so in pain
Smothering from your restraints
Where can I begin to explain?
I'm getting older every day, so slowly let me go
I want a life of my own.

Tell me that you're joking.
Take back all your words.
I'm only too willing to make sacrifices
To keep you on my curb.
I'm trying to respect you,
I want so much to obey—
But your waves they just keep pressing in—
And I know that soon they'll break.

Wish I could make you understand
I'm old enough to release your hand.
I feel held back, so alone
Smothering under love and things that 
I already know.
Where can I begin to go? You'll only
Track me down and complicate things.

I'm getting older every day,
It's okay to let me go.
I want a life of my own.

Trying to forgive you, got to give
You honor.
Give you my respects even though
It just gets harder.
I don't know what's going on now, but
In time I'll understand.
Bring some clarity to the table, and
Maybe then I'll give you back my hand.

You've taken away my outlet, tried
To break a friendship that can't end.
I love you and respect you but you just don't
Seem to get it.
Let me introduce you, 
Get you in the loop.
Just cuz it means something to me
Doesn't make it something to you—
Doesn't make it something to uproot.
I'll be a worse introvert if you can't make this work, oh.

Yeah let me go, just for a little—
Love me enough to let me go.
Cuz I need to explore a life of my own.
Everybody has to choose a road—
This is what I choose, let me go
I can't quite put it all into words but I
Need and want a life of my own.

- rebellious souls