Catch your breath
Hit the wall
Scream out loud
As you start to crawl
Back in your cage
The only place
Where they will
Leave you alone
Cause the weak will seek the weaker till they've broken them
Could you get it back again
Would it be the same
Fulfillment to their lack of strength at your expense
Left you with no defense
They tore it down

And I have felt the same
As you I've felt the same
As you I've felt the same

Locked inside
The only place
Where you feel sheltered
Where you feel safe
You lost yourself
In your search to find
Something else to hide behind
Cause the fearful always preyed upon your confidence
Didn't they see the consequence
They pushed you around
The arrogant build kingdoms made of the different ones
Breaking them till they've become
Just another crown

And I have felt the same
As you I've felt the same
As you I've felt the same
As you I've felt the same

Refuse to feel
Anything at all
Refuse to slip
Refuse to fall
Can't be weak
Can't stand still
Watch your back
Cause no one will

You don't know why they had to go this far
Traded your worth for these scars
For your only company
And don't believe the lies that they have told to you
Not one word was true
You're alright
You're alright
You're alright

And I have felt the same
As you I've felt the same
As you I've felt the same
As you I've felt the same



Behind the Song:
'I wrote this about a friend of mine who told me about his childhood. He was telling me how he went to school and was the outcast and everyone picked on him and called him names, and he didn't have one friend. I started feeling the same emotions he must have felt and just started writing these lyrics. I think some of the stuff from [growing up in] Hong Kong might have been related to that, not having any friends at that age and being, as a family, the outcast in a different culture. The feeling of being alone, of being abandoned, connects to that. So 'Simon' came really easily I wrote it in about 15 minutes. These lyrics just poured out and I wrote them down and recorded it on the spot.' - Jason Wade (Lifehouse)