I don’t think I was cut out for this and I wouldn’t say that I’ve been doing my best Every pat on my back feels like a brick When it’s hard enough trying to reach the bare minimum It all comes to me and I’ve done nothing to earn it So when you criticise my strides you make me feel worthless In your eyes I know nothing of what hard work is and lethargy’s got me convinced that I don’t deserve this now Sit me down let’s talk it out and we’ll try to make amends Offer up all your wisdom with malicious intent I’ll try to take it an and separate the positive But the words play on repeat and I’m left shaking in a fit of violence We have to make the same mistakes, it’s how we learn Like touching hot water and feeling the burn It’s one thing to be told but if you can’t do it on your own You’ll never really grow, we’ll never know who we are It might be out of spite but now I’m inspired Although it doesn’t take long for that drive to expire Indifference shows exactly what’s missing Motivation or meaning, something to say or to believe in What did I expect, for it to fall in my hands Rotations of the sun bring on new circumstance But no matter what the onset of the feeling It’s still the same beating We have to make the same mistakes, it’s how we learn Like touching hot water and feeling the burn It’s one thing to be told but if you can’t do it on your own You’ll never really grow, we’ll never know Irrational or real, fighting for the wheel I’m not sure what to believe, my heart or the things you tell me I can’t do this on my own We have to make the same mistakes, it’s how we learn Like touching hot water and feeling the burn It’s one thing to be told but if you can’t do it on your own You’ll never really grow, we’ll never know who we are