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“There's nothing wrong with me and that's what I can't stand."

 

I can't stand my parents' indifference.

I can't stand the indifference of others.

 

I don't live for myself, I live for my parents.

I don't live for myself, I live for my voice.

I don't live for myself, I live for music.

I don't live for myself, I live for my female friends.

I don't live for myself, I live for my male friends.

I don't live for myself, I live to feel alive.

I don't live for myself, I live waiting for it to arrive.

I don't live for myself, I live for the love that carries pain along.

I don't live for myself, I live for the reflection I see in your eyes.

 

“There's nothing wrong and that's what I can't stand.”

 

I sing to feel alive.

I sing to make myself heard.

I sing to get noticed.

I sing not to be abandoned.

 

"I don't live for myself, I live for music."

 

My life doesn't belong to me.

My body doesn't belong to me.

My voice doesn't belong to me.

My music doesn't belong to me.

My time doesn't belong to me.

 

I’m a commander leading to war.

A captain in search of a storm.

The mermaid that leads to madness.

I’m the oblivion that breaks the mind.

 

“There's nothing wrong and that's what I can't stand.”

I'm not searching for an excuse for what I do.

I'm not searching for an excuse for what I say.

I'm not searching for an excuse for what I write.

I'm not searching for an excuse for what I sing.

I'm not searching for an excuse for what I play.

I'm not searching for an excuse for who I am.

 

"I don't live for myself, I live for music."

 

I'm not ready to be abandoned.

I'm not ready to be loved.

I'm not ready to grow up that fast.

I'm not ready to go so slow.

...

Extract from the book “We Cannot Escape from Ourselves”.