[Intro] (x2)
     

[Chorus 1]
            
Don't damn me 

       
when I speak a

 piece of mind
            
'Cause silence

              
 isn't golden 

             
when I'm holdi

      
ng it inside
            
'Cause I've be

en where I hav

e been
           
And I've seen 

what I have se

en
            
I put the pen 

              
to the paper '

             
cause it's all

            
 a part of me

[Verse 1]
            
Be it a song o

             
r a casual con

  
versation
            
To hold my ton

             
gue speaks of 

      
quiet reservat

ions
            
Your words, on

             
ce heard, they

              
 can place you

    
 in a faction
            
My words may d

              
isturb, but at

             
 least there's

 
 a reaction

[Instrumental]
         

[Bridge]

Sometimes I wa

nna kill
             
Sometimes I wa

    
nna die
            
Sometimes I wa

nna destroy
             
Sometimes I wa

    
nna cry
     
Sometimes I co

uld get even
             
Sometimes I co

         
uld give up
    
Sometimes I co

uld give
             
Sometimes I ne

           
ver give a fuc

k

[Pre-Chorus]
       
It's only for 

a while
             
I hope you und

  
erstand
  
I never wanted

 this to happe

n
              
Didn't want to

 
 be a man
     
So I hid insid

e my world
            
I took what I 

could find
           
I cried when I

 was lonely
              
I fell down wh

         
en I was blind

[Chorus 1]
            
Don't damn me 

              
when I speak a

     
 piece of mind
            
'Cause silence

              
 isn't golden 

             
when I'm holdi

     
ng it inside
            
'Cause I've be

en where I hav

e been
             
And I've seen 

            
what I have se

en
            
I put the pen 

              
to the paper '

             
cause it's all

             
 a part of me

[Verse 2]
            
How can I ever

               
 satisfy you?
            
And how can I 

             
ever make you 

  
see that
            
Deep inside, w

             
e're all someb

  
ody
            
And it don't m

             
atter who you 

  
wanna be?

[Pre-Chorus]
           
But now I gott

a smile
             
I hope you com

prehend
           
For, this man 

can say it hap

pened
           
'Cause this ch

ild has been c

ondemned
        
So I stepped i

nto your world
       
I kicked you i

n the mind
             
And I'm the on

              
ly witness to 

              
the nature of 

 
my crime

[Chorus 2]

But look at wh

at we've done
             
To the innocen

      
t and young

Whoa, listen t

o who's talkin

g
             
'Cause we're n

            
ot the only on

es

The trash coll

ected by the e

yes
             
And dumped int

      
o the brain
        
Said, it tears

 into our cons

cious thoughts
             
You tell me, w

        
ho's to blame?

[Bridge]
             
I know you don

             
't wanna hear 

    
me cryin'
             
And I know you

             
 don't wanna h

    
ear me deny
             
That your sati

             
sfaction lies 

        
in your illusi

on
             
But your delus

             
ions are yours

         
, and not mine
             
We take for gr

             
anted we know 

           
the whole stor

y
             
We judge a boo

              
k by its cover

          
 and read what

 we want
             
Between select

                   
ed lines

[Chorus 3]
            
Don't hail me 

          
and don't idol

ize the ink
        
Or I've failed

 in my intenti

ons
             
Can you find t

   
he missing lin

k?
            
Your only vali

           
dation is livi

ng your own li

fe
            
Vicarious exis

             
tence is a fuc

             
king waste of 

time

[Verse 3]
            
So I send this

             
 song to the o

  
ffended
            
I said what I 

             
meant and I've

  
 never pretend

ed
            
As so many oth

             
ers do, intend

  
ing just to pl

ease
   
If I damned yo

ur point of vi

ew
             
Could you turn

           
 the other che

ek?

[Chorus 1]
            
Don't damn me 

              
when I speak a

     
 piece of mind
            
'Cause silence

              
 isn't golden 

             
when I'm holdi

     
ng it inside
            
'Cause I've be

en where I hav

e been
              
And I've seen 

 
what I have se

en
            
I put the pen 

              
to the paper '

             
cause it's all

           
 a part of me
            
Don't damn me 

           
,I said, don't

        
 damn me
            
I said, don't 

              
hail me ,Don't

       
 damn me