Young Boy Lyrics

I was just a young boy, seventeen

I thought I could do anything

I sacrificed it all for a chance to shine

I've been beaten down, dragged out, thrown face first in the mud

But I got up every time because there's work yet to be done

Knocked down and abused

And I've got nothing left to lose

I'm bloody and I'm bruised

And I will show you what I've got left to prove

You think I owe you but I don't owe you shit

I've painted this place red with all my blood and sweat

I'd like to thank you for showing me how to be

I've come a long way since

I was just a young boy, seventeen

I thought I could do anything

I sacrificed it all for a chance to shine

I've been beaten down, dragged out, thrown face first in the mud

But I got up every time because there's work yet to be done

You never cared

What about what I want?

I did anything, everything that I thought would make you stay

It's not fair

But now I'm gone

I am finally free

My only regret was waiting so long

I waited so long to break loose of the chains that used to hold me down

I was always alone

I was always alone

I was always alone, no one would guide me

But then I found my light and no one will take her from me

We were just some young boys

We got the streets

And they said we could do anything

We gave it all we had and they just spit in our faces

We were beaten down and dragged out, thrown face first in the mud

The joke is on the world though

You'll never break this

You'll never break this bond

You'll never break our bond

I was just a young boy, seventeen

I thought I could do anything

I sacrificed it all for a chance to shine

I've been beaten down, dragged out, thrown face first in the mud

But I got up every time because there's work yet to be done

Knocked down and abused

And I've got nothing left to lose

I'm bloody and I'm bruised

And I will show you what I've got left to prove