Walking Out All on My Own

I've been trying hard
My whole life
An unconventional type of guy
Graceful like the breeze
Not afraid of my feelings
A flower
In a poisonous sea
Wanna leave this small town
Leave this small town
Leave it all behind
Sick of acting like I'm just okay
To heal a wound
You pull out the knife

Don't tell me
Don't tell me
That you understand
Until you walk a day right in my shoes
Walking out all on my own
My shadow
My shadow
It reminds me that I'm alive
Painful echoes
Fill the silence
Walking out all on my own

An enigma, a disease
That is all they see
Someone that they need to erase
No, I shouldn't paint my nails
Or say how I feel
Weakness is femininity
You've been trying
To impress them
But become something you hate inside
Boys are so tough
Must be so cruel
Until you're numb and
Feel nothing inside

Don't tell me
Don't tell me
That you understand
Until you walk a day right in my shoes
Walking out all on my own
On the outside
On the outside
That's where they put us
And there's no place to go
What's inside then
Only silence
Walking out all on my own

My life is not a mistake
There is peace in the sun golden rays
A hope that can't be taken
A life that cannot be erased
I am more than a man
I am human
What's inside me
It defines me
I am more than a man
I am human
And I'm rising
I'm rising

But don't tell me
Don't tell me
That you understand
Until you walk a day right in my shoes
Walking out all on my own
On the outside
On the outside
That's where they put us
And there's no place to go
What's inside then
Only silence
Walking out all on my own