Build My Own Damn Home

Verse 1

I don't give a fuck because I'm a failure!

Walkin' around, middle finger in the air!

They told me I'd never make it anywhere,

So I quit pretending that it's fair.

I've been knocked down more than I can count,

Still got a voice, so I'm gonna scream it out.

Pre-Chorus

Go ahead, point your fingers, laugh at me.

I'm done living by your fantasy.

Chorus

I don't owe the world a perfect smile,

I don't gotta fit your style.

Call me broken, call me strange,

I ain't gonna ever change.

If I'm the black sheep, let me roam,

I'll build my own damn home.

I'd rather be hated for being me

Than loved for who I'll never be.

Verse 2

I've worn the labels, every single name,

Guess what? They all sound the same.

You can't kill a fire that won't burn out,

So turn it up and let me shout.

Every scar's another battle won,

And baby, I'm nowhere near done.

Pre-Chorus

You can keep your rules and your parade.

I was never built to be afraid.

Chorus

I don't owe the world a perfect smile,

I don't gotta fit your style.

Call me broken, call me strange,

I ain't gonna ever change.

If I'm the black sheep, let me roam,

I'll build my own damn home.

I'd rather be hated for being me

Than loved for who I'll never be.

Bridge

So here's to every misfit soul,

Every crack that made us whole.

We're still breathing, standing tall,

Even when they want us to fall.

You can bury us beneath your doubt,

We'll be the ones who claw back out.

Final Chorus

I don't owe the world a single thing,

But I'll still get up and sing.

Call me reckless, call me wild,

I've been this way since I was a child.

Middle finger in the air so high,

No more asking "Why?"

I'm still standing, can't you see?

A failure... who refused to leave.