I Don't Need This

The things you call reality checks
To pull me down and try to win
Are nothing more than things you've said
For me to prove wrong in the end

And I don't care what you have to say
If it doesn't matter anyway

So I'll just keep going forward and I know that

I don't need this
And you don't need to say
That the things I feel
Aren't worth even second place

So I know that in the end you'll realize
And I know that when I succeed you'll open your eyes

The way your smile speaks
Blares out loud that you're better than me
And every time I have to leave
I can tell you think you've won something

But I don't care, even so,
Even if you think it's hopeless

So I'll just keep going forward and I know that

I don't need this
And you don't need to say
That the things I feel
Aren't worth even second place

So I know that in the end you'll realize
And I know that when I succeed you'll open your eyes

I live by soaring
And even if you think you're helping
I can't fly when I know that I
Am weighed down by a broken wing
Even if you tell me that I'm wrong
I know that sometimes you have to fall

I don't need this
And you don't need to act
As if the things I think
Aren't worth a second glance

And I know that in the end you'll realize
I give my all and I know that one day my dreams will be mine

So I don't need this
(I don't need this)