"Clipping My Wings" lyrics

If everything is alright, why does everything feel so wrong?
Maybe life is some cruel joke, maybe I should just play along
And I don't mean to sound uptight, but nothing here is what it seems
Am I seeing through the smoke? Can I still hang onto a dream?

It's got me feeling some type of way, it's got me thinking 'bout it every day
Don't really have the words to say, feels like I'm on a permanent delay
You can tell me every lie, I've heard it all a thousand times
I didn't want to be this jaded, all my dreams are so delated

Clipping my wings 'cause I don't want to pretend
I'll be okay in the end, it's not for me
Clipping my wings 'cause I just can't comprehend
I'll be okay in the end, I'll never see it

I don't wanna be like anyone else now
Get away from me, so "holier than thou"
I don't want to scream every time I think about the rest of my life
So when will I finally learn how to fly away?

You only get one life, believe me, I know
Feels like I'll never get to go where everyone ends up
I feel so lost, and I can't seem to find my way back

Clipping my wings 'cause I don't want to pretend
I'll be okay in the end, it's not for me
Clipping my wings 'cause I just can't comprehend
I'll be okay in the end, I'll never see it

Don't pretend it'll be okay, no
Don't you even try, I will move away
You were right there all along, but I can't keep moving on

Clipping my wings 'cause I don't want to pretend
I'll be okay in the end, it's not for me

Don't think I'll ever be you
Nothing you say is ever going to get through
Maybe it's not meant to be
This world is not meant for me

I will never be someone who fits in this world
And I will never feel like I have somewhere to call my home