Krista Bennie: Music/Lyrics

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The walls are up, thank you for building them
Somehow in your life, I became the constant
I don’t know when it happened but I'm noticing
That I haven’t been myself in so long
Tryin not to let you see, you were wrong
I'm held down by the measure you hold up against me
That I'm as messed up as you, I know, isn’t what you want find
But I, I gotta tell you, I'm not who you had in mind

CHORUS
If I were to break down would that be alright with you
What if the walls crumbled so that you could see through
What if everything you made me out to be wasn’t true
And if I were to break down, would that be alright you

You don’t know me any better than I know myself
Because of the boundaries put up by you and everybody else
I had to be perfect and I'm not allowed to fall
Well I'm done now, I have to be me, I hope you're not alarmed

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Im gonna show you who I am, take me or leave me
I can’t be the person you want me to be anymore
I'm breakin out of the mold, not asking permission
You're about to see you depended on who you thought I was for way to long
CHORUS x 2
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I have a couple of friends who had separately come to me one day with problems that were similar. They were both feeling pressed by their friends to be a certain way or just be one thing. They felt that they couldn't be fully themselves without letting down tons of people or that they had to be strong for everyone else and not falter in their faiths. Obviously, this is a tough position to be in. I remember being up all night that night thinking and finally got out of bed and wrote this song. It's sort of a charge to us Christians to stand on our own two feet and not to rely too heavily on someone else's faith to carry you because one day that person will fail you. They will mess up, so what happens if they do? What do you stand on then? Just a thought that helped turn this into a song.