Dont End Up Like Me
[Verse 1]
It's the McCalister Syndrome
I wake up like Kevin, wonder why I'm home alone
Everyone's gone, the credits have rolled
They got their happy endings
But I'm still stuck in the mold
Tryin' to figure out what to do with my life
While I'm watchin' them grow old with kids and a wife
I see people breeze by, so skilled and eratic
I'm a man without a plan just tryin' to find schematics
I didn't age well, but I rage well
Locked up in this prison remindin' me that I'm stuck in this hell
Screamin' at the walls, They're screamin' back
Remindin' me that my life is empty and off-track
Like I'm starin' at words on a black canvas
Sayin' "you did this to yourself
I can't understand this"
Then they're all laughin'
'Cause these walls have eyes
I've been wrappin' myself up with lies
[Chorus]
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me

[Verse 2]
But, all I can do is be thankful
For all the family and friends I do have when it's painful
Even if I sit on the net all day
None of it's mine, It's all stuff that my parents paid
I ask myself why they invest in my life
When I keep wasting it and this is the price
I never wanted to function by myself
I'm better on a team, bit I'm stuck on the shelf
Collectin' dust, feelin' the rust
They're all done with me, so am I
'Cause I'm not someone I can trust
But I want to
I want to prove I can turn it all around and pull through
But every day is the same
I rarely hear a voice. once again I'm to blame
I'm lost and askin' for a way out
Too many days I'd cry and shout
I didn't ask to live like this
Nut all it ever felt like was my cries were dismissed
All I do is sit here, I'm told I gotta take it
Then I find the nearest object and break it
I keep wonderin' if I'm gonna make it
I used to smile, but now I can't fake it
[Chorus]
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me

[Verse 3]
For your sake, please don't end up like me
I want to say I'm some sort of prodigy
But I don't know with way to go unless I'm directed
But I'm not a government sheep who follows the elected
Keep active, don't wait too long
Don't question yourself, make mistakes, and do wrong
Stop worrying all the time, just go
You'll learn as you live and when you're right, you'll know
I don't want to give up
But where do I go from here?
I made the mistake of living in fear
I'm socially awkward
Can't approach a human being
Ask how they're doing, and they get creeped out like it has different meaning
Sometimes I feel like a fool
I spent too long livin' like a caveman in homeschool
I want friends like back in the day
We'd laugh, hang out, and talk the evening away
Now it's like I'm a page, they passed the chapter
I'm a side character not to be revisited after
I wanted to make a name foe myself
Instead I got stuck with wishing I was anyone else
I'm just in a weird place right now
I don't know what to do
And I'm constantly asking "how?"
So while my life is being sucked away
My advise to you is sieze the day
Live like you're always free
Please to yourself a favor
And don't end up like me
[Chorus]
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me
For your sake, please don't end up like me
For your sake, don't end up like me
Don't end up like me

[Outro]
In the end I'm in control of my fate
I gotta keep remindin' myself, it's not too late