it's fine if you go i just want you to know
that nothing is nearly as good as you remember it
it's fine if you leave i just don't want you to see
the things your protected eyes didn't get
cuz it's scary out there and the world is a winter all of the year
a blizzard of expectations followed by frost bite of the mind
and cold breath in your hair
yeah, i used to like the snow

maybe i want to be myself
put all of those anxieties on the shelf
maybe i want to be myself,
and hey here's something you can do
maybe you can be yourself too

it's fine that you're now realizing that all you were was a burden
it's fine that you're now realizing that all you are is a burden
and it'll be fine when you have that epiphany one night that
a burden is what you were, what you are, and waht you'll be the rest of your life

maybe i want to be myself
put all of those burdens on the shelf
maybe i want to be myself
and here's something you can do
maybe you could be yourself too

i may not fit your definition of a good man
but i've never lived my life as a scam
i can say my life is full
and i won't be living like a wolf in sheeps wool
the idea of perfection is just an opinion
so i can say i wont be under your command
but i'll listen to the song i'm singing
i can live as freely as a bird
or i could follow your ungodly word
i can't decide what life to have
don't tell me what's good, don't tell me whats bad
i'll go on alone, and maybe i'll just be on my own
you tell me to go your way, but baby i'm taking the highway

maybe i want to be myself
put all of the stupid stuff i've done on my shelf
maybe i want to be myself
and here's something you can do maybe
you can be yourself too