Tears on the hillside, please don’t take me this way
I want to stay and become somebody, I want to prove you all wrong
And I can see the city at night from my bedroom window
Gashes from lashing on my legs
But I don’t want your tears
I just want you to know
That if meteors came falling from the sky, I’d still be there to love you
When the music stopped I’d be there to sing
I want you to listen to me
I just want you know, that I’m bigger then this
I hurt your child and you look down at me
But I feel like I’ve been away while you got to sit and stay
Don’t look at me, please don’t look at me that way
I’m scared of the pain and the long hard days
These black eyes and the nights when I didn’t know if I’d stay alive
My mother sleep, apologies on his bloodied fists
I don’t want your tears and I don’t need your love
I just want you to know
That when night dawned on my side I needed someone to care
I needed something to be there
Don’t you dare look at me that way
Don’t talk about me that way, don’t you dare
Because I’ve gone through the fucking shit, while you got to float away
I needed a home, while you needed your day
And I’ve fought for my life every single night
I did everything to keep breathing, I had to keep my eyes open to keep seeing
And I know that I’ve been gone while you got to sit and stay
I’ve been wrong, and that’s all you say
I need someone to love me, and need to make sense of these nightmares
This is a righteous plea, because fear has a hold on me
I’ve apologized a million times through so many rhymes, but you’ve read but one
Please don’t take me this way, I can’t take seeing the past
I don’t have time for arguments and back talk, I want something to happen
And I’ll say it one more time, I don’t need your love, I don’t need your hugs
I just want you to know
I’ve been through the night times, I’ve been through the halls
I was being hurt, but you didn’t hear my call
So don’t you dare look at me that way, don’t you dare have a word to say
This is my time, this is for me
Some nights when I’d rather flee, then have nightmares I can’t make sense of
Some nights I’d do anything to relive what I had to see
