[Verse 1]
They told me to drop it
They told me my skills were in office
They told me this music thing's off and
I will never be the man that I wanted
To be, that used to be me
Always told me what my life shouldn't be
Told me my goal is to get a degree
Told me the cycle of life isn't key
Well I'm tryna do me
I'm tryna do something that everyone told me I can't
Now everybody is changed, getting their girlfriends naked
Happy as fuck in their basement
While I've been thinking my life has been wasted
Saying I hate it, this is smile is fake and
"Nobody makes it, stick to the basics"
"Zach, if only you knew what you were chasing"
"We all know you're milking emotions, you hope we don't notice"
I'm sick of you people telling me I'm hopeless
Fuck it, I know this, you're shooting for low
When I'm shooting for stars that have never been glowing to me
What the fuck am I gonna believe?
Stuck in this room with nobody but me
Like what is a team? I can't say I've seen one
I bleed love, never had a friend, try to believe but
When I'm following you, I'll follow your steps
Everyone told me to just give my best
But they don't care and don't get when I'm stressed
I've been losing each part of my mind when I vent
So again I pretend that I understand love
Every single feeling, I've been making them up
So now I'm lost in a rut, with no one but us
I wanna say I found these feelings that aren't rushed
[Verse 2]
This is The Story So Far, I light up the dark
Inclining towards everything we regard
Nobody told me this life would be hard
I'm needing it bad, I'm sick of the start
With a broken mind, but inside it
Nothing but fear and the reason for silencing
Saying that a far-fetched dream ain't mindless
But realize that deep down you're lying
What is a sheep to a lion? Broken defiance
No care for me but you hate when I'm silent
Keep to yourself, you're the same as a tyrant
Stuck on this island alone in my thoughts
Know that I've given you all that I got
Out in this world and you know that I'm lost
I know that I wasn't the one that you want
Now it just feels like I'm stuck in a plot, twist

[Verse 3]
Just one final kiss?
I've never been empty enough to be one to finally accept this
Girl you took my breath and, now it's hard to breathe
What happened to us? What ever happened to extending our family tree?
I'm gushing out everything
These emotions I fucking bleed
Why did you lie? Why did you leave?
See, that's just the thing
When I start talking bout you I would cling
I'm tryna fly with a par of these wings
Knowing they're broken but not giving in
Man I'm sick of this skin, buying you things
Thinking that money is what makes a king
Every single shot you had, I would swing
Just like your mood, and just like this string
That's been holding us up, over these years
I'm just wondering why I'm still here
A label is all that I'm able to comprehend
Because you said that I'm able
You said that I'm able!
[Verse 4]
You told me to follow a dream
Not knowing you meant to add pipe inbetween
I'm feeling so guilty and hope that you read
These letters or lyrics you probably won't see
So tell me to follow a dream
I get it, you're happy as fucking can be
By snapping your thoughts and life and
You're me understand what I can be
So I'm spilling all that I've got, feeling so lost
When I fell down there's no one who caught me
It's hard to believe, the world had me beat
And brought down to my knees
So I'm feeling so beaten to death, leaving a mess
Leaving a trace of the life that you left
I'm sick of it, sick of the stress
Tired of wearing you like a regret
But I messed up

[Verse 5]
Why'd I pick you?
Every single myth leaves a trace of the truth
Every single lie that you kept, you would brew
Now here I am, broke with nothing to lose
But I'm glad that you're happy and wish you the greatest
Wondering if I can make it
Another day stuck in this basement
Wasting my time as I sit and I waited for someone who hated... me