Sitting' at a table Thanksgiving day when you were three

Your father hit you in the mouth and you started to bleed

You were punished 'cause you weren't really hungry!

Ten years old and you're making everybody ashamed

'Cause you'd rather play guitar than be the star in the game

Don't want to be a nobody

I put my head in the sand 'cause I don't want to face it

Lonely now without you

You still don't understand, it's myself I been hurting

For you, I never measured up to you

Oh Lord, set me free!

It ain't over now

Hurting myself 'cause you ain't here to do it

Still ain't over now

Hurt me so badly inside

It ain't over now

Hurting myself 'cause you ain't here to do it

Still ain't over now

Hurt me so badly inside

Oh Lord, set me free!

Stare in the mirror, take a long hard look at myself

The reflection paints a picture of somebody else

Should I really feel ashamed just to see it?

Judgement was something that you had taught me to believe

You tried to make me be somebody I couldn't be

Do you still feel the same way about it?

I put my head in the sand 'cause I don't want to face it

Lonely now without you

You still don't understand, it's myself I been hating

You, I never measured up to...

You! Go away! Away