I said please once I say

it took me years of the truth

to get off of my gut

please hear me out

understand what you hear

to you I'm invisible

it goes right in one ear

and out the other

what to express but you wouldn't listen anyway

not as important as I wish that I could be

won't you please listen to the stories of my every day

I'm acting childishly

and I'll sit quietly

I put out my feeling

so why can't they trade

but the more that I try to

the more that I hate



all that I ask is just for some acknowledgement

a little freedom is exactly what I need

some recognition for all of my accomplishments

which you won't give to me

and I so regularly



I put out my feeling

so why can't they trade

but the more that I try to

the more that I hate



and I act like there is nothing wrong

inside I know that I must be strong



[quieter]so are you ashamed of me?

just because I'm not in your mold

never heard me all of my life

you made me invisible



so are you ashamed of me?

just because I'm not in your mold

never heard me all of my life

you made me invisible





So what I'm not in your mold

I free, free to be

what is this that I've made

[my pain has made me so strong]



I said please once I say

it took me years of the truth

to get off of my gut

please hear me out

understand what you hear

to you I'm invisible

it goes right in one ear

and out the other



I put out my feeling

so why can't they trade

but the more that I try to

the more that I hate

when you look in my eyes

and say you understand

when I know deep inside

that you don't give a damn.