As I Am — текст песни (Dream Theater)

Don`t
Tell me what`s in
Tell me how to write
Don`t tell me how to win
This fight
Isn`t your life
It isn`t your right
To take the only thing that`s
Mine

Proven over time
It`s over your head
Don`t try to read between the
Lines
Are clearly defined
Never lose sight of
Something you believe in

Takin` in the view from the outside
Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the window I`m on the outside
Living like the underdog

I`ve been trying to justify you
In the end I will just defy you

To those who understand, I extend my hand
To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am
Not under your command, I know where I stand
I won`t change to fit your man, Take me as I am

As I am

Still
Running uphill
Swimming against the current
I wish I weren`t so
Fucked
Feels like I`m stuck
Lost in a sea of mediocrity

``Slow down,
You`re thinking too much
Where is your soul?``
You cannot touch
The way I
Play
Or tell me what to say
You`re in the way
Of all that I believe in

Takin` in the view from the outside
Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the window I`m on the outside
Living like the underdog
I`ve been wasting my breath on you
Open minds will descend upon you

To those who understand, I extend my hand
To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am
Not under your command, I know where I stand
I won`t change to fit your plan, take me as I am