15/30 - Self Esteem
20 April 2012 11:06I think that’s it’s somewhat amazing to me
Just how offensive a person can be
When I’m really worried ‘bout how I’m perceived
I look at a bigot and I get relieved
Or when I see someone who’s mentally ill
Shouting a list of who he’d like to kill
The crowds that flow past him all pay him no mind
Completely ignoring his screams and his kind
Suddenly I feel much freer inside
Like my insecurity’s not cut and dried
Like maybe approaching that girl I like
Will not result in my head on a pike
Or when I see someone who’s rude to a server,
A jerk with a woman who doesn’t deserve her,
An ignorant person who picks on the weak,
Belligerent people who spit when they speak,
That’s when I notice that people don’t care.
They suffer these jerks like they’re not even there
I don’t feel jerkish comparatively
And that’s a feeling that liberates me
Now I tell strangers when I like the way
Their appearance appears to be pleasing today
Their coats or their face or their looks or their hair
‘Cause either they’ll like it or they just won’t care
Talking to strangers before made me queasy
But indifferent people make courage so easy
The next time you’re doubting your lines or your patter
Always remember it just doesn’t matter.
If you’re attempting at least to be nice
Regular people won’t even think twice
Feel free to express yourself just as you please
Freedom is yours and those are the keys
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Just how offensive a person can be
When I’m really worried ‘bout how I’m perceived
I look at a bigot and I get relieved
Or when I see someone who’s mentally ill
Shouting a list of who he’d like to kill
The crowds that flow past him all pay him no mind
Completely ignoring his screams and his kind
Suddenly I feel much freer inside
Like my insecurity’s not cut and dried
Like maybe approaching that girl I like
Will not result in my head on a pike
Or when I see someone who’s rude to a server,
A jerk with a woman who doesn’t deserve her,
An ignorant person who picks on the weak,
Belligerent people who spit when they speak,
That’s when I notice that people don’t care.
They suffer these jerks like they’re not even there
I don’t feel jerkish comparatively
And that’s a feeling that liberates me
Now I tell strangers when I like the way
Their appearance appears to be pleasing today
Their coats or their face or their looks or their hair
‘Cause either they’ll like it or they just won’t care
Talking to strangers before made me queasy
But indifferent people make courage so easy
The next time you’re doubting your lines or your patter
Always remember it just doesn’t matter.
If you’re attempting at least to be nice
Regular people won’t even think twice
Feel free to express yourself just as you please
Freedom is yours and those are the keys
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