I know I’m not perfect, I like to think I am. Is it too much to ask of you, To feel good once in a while?

I try to be all I can. And I enjoy being myself. But every time I get somewhere, You bring me down.

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Why do you bring me down? And make things so hard on me. Why do you bring me down? It only adds to animosity. Why do you bring me down? Discourage me for your amusement. Why do you bring me down? I don’t like being your anger management.

I’ve been doing well. I’m doing good in school. But that doesn’t seem to please you, And you won’t rest until I do.

I tried to better myself, But you shouldn’t fix what’s not broke. But when I get somewhere, You bring me down.

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I know sometimes I mess up, And I do some stupid things. But you make me feel worse, When I’m plotting suicide.

Friends cheer me up, And I get better. But then I get somewhere, And you bring me down.

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