From the beginning I knew I was different

I embraced it, but you didn't

Your normal life, 9-5

it's just not for me,I need to feel alive!



I won't fall like the rest of them

they've come & gone with the wind. 

I hear the doubt in the back of your mind 

but still I'll see this through to the end



Maybe if you paid more attention

asked more questions & actually listened 

you would see this is not just a dream

but a path I've chosen that means everything to me



Don't you see the minds that have changed?

Do you see the lives that have been saved?

Don't you care to see the difference I've made?



Listen closely, the highways call my name 

Don't you see this is my everything?

It may not seem right to you 

and you might not approve but it's real

This is the only thing that makes me feel



What more do I have to do

to finally prove myself to you? 

What is it that you need to see 

to finally believe this is who I'm supposed to be?



Most days I feel like your punching bag

but I will never let it hold me back

I just wish for once you knew how it felt to be brought down lower than everything else



Don't you care to see

the difference I've made?

Listen closely, the highways call my name

Don't you see this is my everything?

It may not seem right to you 

and you might not approve but it's real

This is the only thing that makes me feel

This is who I am! 

This is my life.I come alive in the lights!

I come alive in the lights



What will be written on your tombstone? 

You sat behind a desk

You had no backbone

What will be written on your tombstone? 

You sold your soul

grew old alone

Would you prefer that I become a lifeless

hollow shell such as yourself? 

Would you prefer that I give up my dreams 

and lose all hope just like everyone else?



Don't you see the lives that have been saved? 

Listen closely

the highways call my name

Don't you see this is my everything?

It may not seem right to you 

and you might not approve but it's real

This is the only thing that makes me feel