ShaoDow - What That's Like lyrics

Verse 1 - ShaoDow How do you write a song like this Is there a method of expressing that you know exactly what loneliness is That sometimes you would wish Just for them to see you That to be true didn't have to make you see through I know it cos I've been through Lived it, dreamt it Pretended I was fine but deep down wanted to end it Everyday I felt it, sticking in my paw The need for their approval kept me tied down to the floor so Chorus – Sam Harrison So hold me closer, don't let me sit back Tired of being kicked flat on the floor You're not quite nervous, but that's soon seen to Ship comes in the soldiers won the war Verse 2 - ShaoDow I spent my teenage years all alone with my thoughts Cos I couldn't get along with the ones and the noughts Uh, and still I walked, confidence depleting Trying to reinvent myself every other evening Hoping to be pleasing, hoping that I was just dreaming Hoping they'd acknowledge me, hoping for some meaning All I wanted a friend But all I really got was a**a**ins that pretend So for my own sanity I had to stop caring what they think I was staring at that knife almost took it from the sink Me or them, free or penned even at that brink I taught myself to grow cos they wanted me to shrink so Chorus – Sam Harrison So hold me closer, don't let me sit back Tired of being kicked flat on the floor You're not quite nervous, but that's soon seen to Ship comes in the soldiers won the war Bridge – Sam Harrison Mid life down and my body's sinking Soon I'm sad cos I'm underrated You don't know what that's like I hit the ground on the back foot running Sit back down while she overcomes me You don't know what that's like Chorus – Sam Harrison So hold me closer, don't let me sit back Tired of being kicked flat on the floor You're not quite nervous, but that's soon seen to Ship comes in the soldiers won the war Verse 3 - ShaoDow I never felt I belonged Always on the outside, always in the wrong The way I longed for acceptance Was just another target painted for their weapons Threatened, cos I weren't the same Or cos I had my own way I really don't know but it lived within my brain Crushing, stuck in, s**ed into the darkness And there I fought to find the wealth inside myself regardless It's what I'd known, alone is how I'd grown So I had to turn around and make the loneliness my home If you know what that's like Then you'll know why I'm like this The way they made me feel I'll never let them reignite it