I am half of what I want to be   But I am more than you might ever see   I am tired of you tearing out a part of me   Just to appease your insecurities       5 years ago your words were all I knew   That I would never be anyone or get further than you   Funny i just took it all and threw it right back   And where are you now? You're still there--   nowhere       You are glowing with pride   As you cut away at my insides   Who did you find in there?    An empty shell lost and bare?   Look beyond yourself you'll see   I'm just lying here and I'm trying   to believe       Built the great wall of defense to protect my will   Severed all of our ties but you haunt my confidence still   Spent those years as an insecure slave to you       I swallowed your venom and filled up on doubt   But I purge the past and push my way out   Kick against your judgements let the poison filter through   I am becoming someone new--   without you       You are glowing with pride   As you cut away at my insides   Who did you find in there?    An empty shell lost and bare?   Look beyond yourself you'll see   I'm just lying here and I'm trying   to believe