Douglas Amell

1,637

Being so loved by a significant other, and yet not feeling worthy of that adulation... how difficult it can be to find self-worth.

You see something when you look at me,
Something I could never hope to see.
Tucked away and hidden deep inside,
But I don't share this belief in me.

You swear to me that there's something there,
Brighter than the sun.
oh, run away, just run from me.
'Cause I don't know if I'm enough,
I'm not sent from above.
So run away, 'cause I'm not enough to hold that kind of love, oh no.

I'm ashamed of some things I've said,
Words I'd hoped had been left for dead.
Phrases never uttered from the heart,
Simply garbage from my foolish head,

Now you swear to me that there's something there,
Brighter than the sun.
oh, run away, just run from me.
'Cause I don't know if I'm enough,
I'm not sent from above, no, no,
Run away, 'cause I'm not enough to hold that kind of love, oh no, no, no.

I'm not enough. I'm not enough.

I'm no angel though you think I am,
I just live here doing what I can.
Oh, if I could share your view of me...
I yearn to be that kind of man.

You swear to me that there's something there,
Brighter than the sun.
oh, run away, just run from me.
'Cause I don't know if I'm enough,
I'm not sent from above, no, no,
Run away, 'cause I'm not enough to hold that kind of love, oh no, no, no, no.
Just run away, 'cause I'm not enough to hold that kind of love.

1,169

When people put up lots of emotional shielding it can protect them from pain and heartache, but it also prevents them from being able to properly receive love as well.

Dedicated to someone very dear to me who is afraid to be vulnerable with her feelings.

You try to make 'em think that you're so strong,
You hope they'll think there's nothing wrong,
But I know what's hiding underneath that stare,
The scattered burdens you refuse to share.

You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.

(Chorus)
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?

I know with you that nothing's like it seems,
I've been a party to your shattered dreams.
You think your silence keeps the pain away,
I say it only serves to make it stay.

You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.

(Chorus)
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?

Your walls of stone may hold the pain at bay,
But they're also keeping love away.
If you would just put in a tiny door,
I would show you what my love was meant for.

You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.

I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?

1,147

The overwhelming burden relieved from someone once they realize the strength to break relationship ties with a significant other who was over-critical and unappreciative throughout the relationship.

Baby I don't know what I ever saw,
In the person that you've always been.
I was blinded by words never meant,
Left to drown in the silence between.
There were always signs it'd come to this,
Omens that were dangling in the wind.
I ignored all the shards of contempt,
Peppered into the words that you'd send.

CHORUS
You crushed my soul without a sound,
Your eyes like daggers pinned my spirit to the ground.
But now I'm free to stand alone.
I'm leaving everything I once believed was home.
Now I'm free, woah I'm free.

Will you see the light once I'm gone for good?
Recognizing things that you'd overlooked,
Like the listening ears I gave,
How my life was your open book.
There is nothing more you could say or do,
No way that my heart could afford that cost.
No seduction could sway my mind,
What we had is forever lost.

CHORUS
You crushed my soul without a sound,
Your eyes like daggers pinned my spirit to the ground.
But now I'm free to stand alone.
I'm leaving everything I once believed was home.
Now I'm free, woah I'm free.

I spent six years being criticized for every action,
And all that time you had me believing I was broken, and

CHORUS
You crushed my soul without a sound,
Your eyes like daggers pinned my spirit to the ground.
But now I'm free to stand alone.
I'm leaving everything I once believed was home.
Now I'm free, woah I'm free.
"Cause I'm free, woah I'm free.

1,337

A toxic relationship where one feels so powerless and controlled but knows they need to find a way to leave it.

I was aiming for a song that would belong in a Quentin Tarantino film.

Everybody told me you were crazy - certified
In your gaze I caught a glimpse of something else - deep inside
A desolation pulling me in closer - hypnotized
I was trapped inside the blackened mystery of your eyes

(chorus)
Don't try to tell me you're a sunny day
When your words sting like acid rain.
You could never hide the bile that's inside your soul,
So please let me go

In a few short weeks we were a nightmare realized,
Every waking moment left me shuddering - terrified.
I was stranded in your sea of venom - left to die
Not a soul for miles in all directions to hear my cries.

CHORUS

Just let me go, you don't need me here - no,no,no
Find someone else to enslave
I've got too much to be living for,
So please let me be on my way.

CHORUS

Please let me go
Just let me go.