hey mom
Hey mom look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
Do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
but it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that I'm alright
And you can't change me
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spend with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care anymore
And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you, proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's alright
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
sorry mom i cant be perfect for you, but i really cant try anymore. you're killing me inside and i'm sure i'm doing the same to you. these lyrics are exactly how i feel about us. its really hard to believe that when i talk to you, it feels awkward and so cold... but i cant cry everyday for you, all i really tried to do for you was to make you proud, to hear you say "good job i'm so proud of you" but it was never like that so i dont know why i'd expect something like that to change. i wish you were more concerned about my happiness rather than how much money i'll be making when i get out of school and how much i can help the family. i cant help the family until i can help myself. i wish you wanted me to happy, i wish that mattered to you. everyday is like a living hell for me, i cant concentrate and i hardly sleep well. all because i cant figure out why it feels like you're always trying to find some kind of way to make me miserable. you called me self centered, i thought of you and called you to see how things were. i can never please you, and i dont want to go back to something that hurts me so bad. maybe one day you'll understand that i left not because i want to be with chris but rather that i cant stand the pain home causes. i cant believe you dont see it, and actually sometimes you do but you blame it on me and ask me "why do you make yourself miserable at home, its like you dont want to be here". that's cuz i dont want to be there. i still love you, i think. but its probably best if we just didnt talk for a while, because i'm having feelings inside of great resentment for you and i dont ever want it to come to the point where i'm going to scream at you and say i hate you. you've already done that to me and i couldnt bear making you feel the way you made me feel.
you used to be my hero, i couldnt say anything bad about you before but its all different now. we're growing apart and instead of you helping me, you just antagonize me all the way.
sorry i didnt grow up according to your plan, but i'm NOT wasting my time doing what i want to do. its going to have to be all about me now. i guess i am self centered if i'm thinking about myself and my happiness, my future.
i'm really sorry i cant be perfect... i know things have changed the day you finally ask me "are you happy?" i cant fight with you anymore..
goodbye mom
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
Do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
but it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that I'm alright
And you can't change me
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spend with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care anymore
And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you, proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's alright
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
sorry mom i cant be perfect for you, but i really cant try anymore. you're killing me inside and i'm sure i'm doing the same to you. these lyrics are exactly how i feel about us. its really hard to believe that when i talk to you, it feels awkward and so cold... but i cant cry everyday for you, all i really tried to do for you was to make you proud, to hear you say "good job i'm so proud of you" but it was never like that so i dont know why i'd expect something like that to change. i wish you were more concerned about my happiness rather than how much money i'll be making when i get out of school and how much i can help the family. i cant help the family until i can help myself. i wish you wanted me to happy, i wish that mattered to you. everyday is like a living hell for me, i cant concentrate and i hardly sleep well. all because i cant figure out why it feels like you're always trying to find some kind of way to make me miserable. you called me self centered, i thought of you and called you to see how things were. i can never please you, and i dont want to go back to something that hurts me so bad. maybe one day you'll understand that i left not because i want to be with chris but rather that i cant stand the pain home causes. i cant believe you dont see it, and actually sometimes you do but you blame it on me and ask me "why do you make yourself miserable at home, its like you dont want to be here". that's cuz i dont want to be there. i still love you, i think. but its probably best if we just didnt talk for a while, because i'm having feelings inside of great resentment for you and i dont ever want it to come to the point where i'm going to scream at you and say i hate you. you've already done that to me and i couldnt bear making you feel the way you made me feel.
you used to be my hero, i couldnt say anything bad about you before but its all different now. we're growing apart and instead of you helping me, you just antagonize me all the way.
sorry i didnt grow up according to your plan, but i'm NOT wasting my time doing what i want to do. its going to have to be all about me now. i guess i am self centered if i'm thinking about myself and my happiness, my future.
i'm really sorry i cant be perfect... i know things have changed the day you finally ask me "are you happy?" i cant fight with you anymore..
goodbye mom