[Verse 1: Adam Gardner/Gardner & Ryan Miller]

All I want is the world

And everything for me

You can rattle off your talk

All that matters is what I see

[Pre-Chorus: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

If you break me down (break me down)

Selfish desire (break me down)

Is all you'll blame

'Cause desperate times

Call for desperate measures

And I am not ashamed

[Chorus: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

Oh it took me a long

Time to come to this

I have chosen that path

I am (I am)

I am me (I am only for me)

[Verse 2: Adam Gardner & Ryan Miller]

All my dreams are so closed

If I open them to you

You can count them all as lies

You can believe me

Or you can believe the truth

[Pre-Chorus: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

If you break me down (break me down)

Selfish desire (break me down)

Is all you'll blame

'Cause desperate times

Call for desperate measures

And I am not ashamed

[Chorus: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

Oh it took me a long

Time to come to this

I have chosen that path

I am (I am)

I am me (I am only for me)

[Hook: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

But I could let you in

Put your feelings on the shelf

There's only room 'cause it helps myself

Oh I could let you in

But it's to no avail

I only listen 'cause it helps myself

[Chorus: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

Oh it took me a long

Time to come to this

I have chosen that path

I am (I am)

I am me (I am only for me)

[Bridge: Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Both]

I took a cane from a blind man

I tasted the fruit in the Garden of Eden

When I walk out of here

I know I'll stand clear

But the taste in my mouth still remains

Still remains

[Outro: Gardner & Miller]

Oh it took me a long time to come to this

Oh it took me a long time

I am, I am only for me

Oh it took me a long time to come to this

Oh it took me a long time

I am, I am only for me

Oh it took me a long time to come to this

Oh it took me a long time