Takes

Lyrics

[verse]

Everybody wants a piece, wants a photo, wants a line

Wants to know the reason why I don't behave and smile

I get tired of the questions, tired of the same routine

Tired of being asked to be a person that I've never been

I didn't ask to be the face on every magazine

I just wrote about my life and somehow got a scene

Now they follow me to dinner, follow me back home

Wonder why I'm always looking tense and never feel alone

[chorus]

This is the way I am, take it or leave it standing

This is the way I am, I never asked for your understanding

This is the way I am, cracked but never broken

This is the way I am, these are the words unspoken

[verse]

They say I need to smile more, need to tone it down

Need to wear a happy mask whenever I'm in town

But the mask gets heavy and the weight gets hard to bear

Some nights I just want quiet, just some empty air

I write it down to breathe, I write it down to cope

It ain't a cry for pity, it's the only way I hope

So when you see the headlines twisting up my every word

Remember there's a difference between the man and what you heard

[chorus]

This is the way I am, take it or leave it standing

This is the way I am, I never asked for your understanding

This is the way I am, cracked but never broken

This is the way I am, these are the words unspoken

[bridge]

I don't need the crowd to tell me who I'm supposed to be

I found my own reflection and it's finally looking back at me

So save the questions, save the cameras, save the noise

I'm done performing happiness, I'm done playing a toy

[chorus]

This is the way I am, take it or leave it standing

This is the way I am, I never asked for your understanding

This is the way I am, cracked but never broken

This is the way I am, these are the words unspoken

Model notes (creation log)

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