chair where
the giants play God
Pretending you were
something more
Just kids that went and got big
Enough to leave the front door
There's no school to being powerful
Or how to grow from conflict
What is expected when I am directed
To never truly see myself
Keep it, keep it, boy
Don't let it out
Just smile, just smile now
Stay sweet, stay small
Keep it, keep it, boy
Don't let it out
Just smile, just smile now
Stay sweet, stay small
It's just words but they can dig deep
Until they're underneath the skin
All I am, skater, all I am
Was formed inside this frame of time
You're all small and vulnerable
So why are you pretending
to be wise and tall?
What is expected when I am directed
to never truly see myself?
Keep it, keep it, boy
Don't let it out
Just smile, just smile now
Stay sweet, stay small
Keep it, keep it, boy
Don't let it out
Just smile, just smile now
Stay sweet, stay small
I know I cannot shake
The words that made me fear
These parts of me
The parts that once were shamed,
I've learned to trust again
But what you said lives on in head
Let it out, let it out, go away
Don't just keep it in
Be strong, be weak, be you
I'm not filled by these words
Let it out, let it out, always
Don't just keep it in
Be strong, be weak, be you
I'm not filled by these words