i don't want to be

By Gavin DeGraw

i don’t need to be anything other
than a prison guard’s son
i don’t need to be anything other
than a specialist’s son
i don’t have to be anyone other
than the birth of two souls in one
part of where i’m going
is knowing where i’m coming from

i don’t want to be anything other
than what i’ve been trying to be lately
all i have to do is think of me
and i'd be somebody

i’m tired of looking ‘round rooms
wondering what i gotta do
or who i’m supposed to be
i don’t want to be anything other than me

i’m surrounded by liars everywhere i turn
i’m surrounded by imposters everywhere i turn
i’m surrounded by identity crisis everywhere i turn
am i the only one to notice?
i can’t be the only one who’s learned

i don’t want to be anything other
than what i’ve been trying to be lately
all i have to do is think of me
and i'd be somebody

i’m tired of looking ‘round rooms
wondering what i gotta do
or who i’m supposed to be
i don’t want to be anything other than me

can i have everyone’s attention please
if you're not like this and that
you’re gonna have to leave

i came from the mountain, the crust of creation
my whole situation made from clay to stone
and now i’m telling everybody

i don’t want to be anything other
than what i’ve been trying to be lately
all i have to do is think of me
and i'd be somebody

i’m tired of looking ‘round rooms
wondering what i gotta do
or who i’m supposed to be
i don’t want to be anything other than me

i don’t want to be
i don’t want to be
i don’t want to be