The Same

[DeanUK]

THE SAME

 

 

 

 

There's a voice that's screaming inside me

 

"Why can't I be the same?"

 

Like the rest of my generation

 

Fit into the teenage frame.

 

 

 

 

They hate me because we're wealthy

 

The money is not mine.

 

I don't want the things they buy me.

 

I just want a bit of their time.

 

 

 

 

I can't help finding learning so easy

 

Why am I hated for that?

 

Why resent me because I am clever?

 

It's like hating a guy 'cos he's fat.

 

 

 

 

I don't like the music you rave to

 

But I don't make fun of you.

 

I listen to classics for pleasure

 

Why does that so upset you?

 

 

 

 

My sexual feelings confuse me

 

I don't feel I'm part of the norm

 

But who can I talk to about it?

 

Admitting would cause such a storm.

 

 

 

 

You think that my life is so perfect

 

Big house and money to spare.

 

If only you knew what the truth was,

 

But I doubt that you'd really care.

 

 

 

 

I hate it that I am so different

 

I don't like the person I am.

 

So why do I just go on living,

 

Yes living a life that's a sham.

 

 

 

 

You hate me because I am different

 

But if I do you a fave;

 

Remove this wart from your presence

 

Would you come and visit my grave?

 

 

 

 

I doubt it; I'd still be neglected

 

A stone carved out with my name.

 

Like so many else in our churchyard

 

Unloved, but at last I'm the same.