Digging through some more older files while I was doing a back up of my music files, I came across this gem! I completely forgot about this song, but this one brings back so many good memories! This was the last band I was ever in and the only song we wrote as a whole band. When my first band, Far From Sundown broke up, my buddy Will started a new band which grew pretty big in the local scene. After one of their guitarists got kicked out, I was asked to join to cover their upcoming shows. So most of the time, I was just learning the songs that were already written, but on the side my friend and other guitarist would toss around ideas together for when we would start writing again. I was a writing machine back then and had so many riffs in my back pocket but I finally settled on this one. I brought it to the band and they did their thing and wrote their parts. It turned out really well and we were lucky enough to be able to get a decent recording before we broke up to kinda go our seperate ways and onto other projects. I've always loved how catchy this song was and well it turned out.

We had another local artist friend of ours do back up vocals on it at the time, and she absolutely killed it.

EDIT: Now that my boi WillSims has a newgrounds account, I can add him as a crediting artist!

Lyrics:

Can I be who I wanna be?

Will I really make it alright?

Is there any space for my integrity?

Justified by my insight

Some people change in front of me

Two-faced; too closed a mind

Is it worth an ounce of my empathy

A piece of trust so hard to find!

And I can’t break

And I can’t be revived

I’m ever-changing

I can’t be sane

I know where I’ve been

And I know what I’ve seen

Give me a chance to survive…

To release

What does it take to realize,

I’m not your exit sign?

Only a fool would make a scene,

To turn heads of those that are blind

Tears melt through your mask of lies now

Give your hand; they take your arm

No one would miss this insanity,

Watch it fade away into the dark

And I can’t break

And I can’t be revived

I’m ever-changing

I can’t be sane

I know where I’ve been

And I know what I’ve seen

Give me a chance to survive…

To release

We’re all hypocrites

In our own way

Insecure, immature

Playing our games

And I can’t break

And I can’t be revived

I’m ever-changing

I can’t be sane

I know where I’ve been

And I know what I’ve seen

Give me a chance to survive…

To release

Give me a chance to survive…