Between their dreams and mine

[Verse 1]

Quiet room, heavy heart tonight.
Twenty-something, feeling years too late.
Everyone asks why I hesitate.
Their dreams still hang upon my name.
Every question sounds the same.

I know I'm not the perfect son.
I know there's things I've never done.
They say, "Try harder, you'll be fine,"
But they don't hear this mind of mine.

I'm standing in a crowded room,
But no one sees the cracks come through.
If I speak, they'll only say,
"You just need to find your way."

[Chorus]

I'm lost between their dreams and mine.
Somewhere I fell out of line.
Every step feels wrong somehow.
I don't even know me now.

Lonely in the middle of it all.
Hearing every silent call.
Smiling while I slowly break.
Holding on to what remains.

[Verse 2]

Friends around, yet still alone.
Laughing through a borrowed tone.
Words I hide behind my teeth.
Truth is buried underneath.

They would judge before they hear.
Turn my doubts into a fear.
So I carry all the weight.
Every night it's getting late.

And maybe they're all right, it's me.
Maybe I'm what I can't be.
Running circles in my head.
Fighting words I never said.

[Chorus]

I'm lost between their dreams and mine.
Somewhere I fell out of line.
Every step feels wrong somehow.
I don't even know me now.

Lonely in the middle of it all.
Hearing every silent call.
Smiling while I slowly break.
Holding on to what remains.

[Bridge]

I'm not strong, I know it's true.
There's a thousand things I cannot do.
But I'm trying just to breathe each day,
While the world keeps pulling me away.

If someone asked without the blame,
Maybe I would say my name.
Maybe I would finally show
All the things they never know.

[Final Chorus]

I'm lost between their dreams and mine.
Still searching for a single sign.
Maybe someday I will see
There's a place for someone like me.

Lonely in the middle of it all.
Trying not to fade and fall.
Maybe broken, maybe scarred,
But I'm still here trying hard.

Still here.
Still breathing.
Still hoping.
Still healing.