You failed this time.
You let them win.
You gave first place
to your friends again.
But they aren’t your friends.
They don’t know you.
They don’t care how
they sing your tunes.
And they aren’t your tunes;
They’re from someone else.
They just keep you believing
you can be yourself.
But you can’t be yourself.
They don’t want to see
who you are
or what you could be.
And you couldn’t be anything
they don’t want you to know,
which is why it is best
to put on this show.
But you aren’t just a show
so how could you try
to merely blend in;
to merely survive?
And you can’t just survive.
You can’t wait ‘til they see.
They won’t ever listen
if you don’t ever speak.
But you say you can’t speak,
at least not right now.
You’ll try again later,
once you figure out how.
But you won’t find out how.
They won’t change their minds.
Wait all you want,
but there’s not always next time.