Make the rules for me to follow
Beat me down and carve me hollow

Fill me with your laws and lies
Look the other way and ignore my cries

Chorus:
But you can’t expect me to bend at your will
I’m gonna climb to the mountain top and scream until
I can feel real again, like this life is my own
Until then, I’ll just keep calling this home
I’ve been saying I’ll making out there some way
Why should I keep waiting? I’m starting today
This is life
This is me
This is how I want it to be

Decide for me what’s right and wrong
Carve it in stone, make me play along

So many things you leave unspoken
Push me to the floor, try to leave me broken

Chorus:
But you can’t expect me to bend at your will
I’m gonna climb to the mountain top and scream until
I can feel real again, like this life is my own
Until then, I’ll just keep calling this home
I’ve been saying I’ll making out there some way
Why should I keep waiting? I’m starting today
This is life
This is me
This is how I want it to be

Too many nights spent sitting around
Wanting more than what I’ve found

Thinking that was all the world would offer
Out of your prison, I refuse to suffer

Chorus:
You can’t expect me to bend at your will
I’m gonna climb to the mountain top and scream until
I can feel real again, like this life is my own
Until then, I’ll just keep calling this home
I’ve been saying I’ll making out there some way
Why should I keep waiting? I’m starting today
This is life
This is me
This is how I want it to be