People Like Me Lyrics

What would you rather me do

Be just like them or be just like you

What should I say

To make these thoughts go away

Melbourne's getting much smaller

And I'm not getting any taller

Should I smile

Or stay asleep for a little while

Because I've got all my names in the all the wrong files

And I've got all my skin in all the wrong piles

And I've got all this spit in my throat that's turning into bile

People like me

We're not anything like you

Despite what you think

I don't wanna be anything like you

You see me?

I'm just trying to make it through

People like me

It's been raining all summer

And I've been pulling a runner

Not trying to make things hard just trying to get far

Away

I'm getting further away

From wanting to go but don't want to stay

Because there's been too much rain and I've got all my clothes in the back of my car

But despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard

I've got all this fight but you won't believe me til you see the scars

People like me

We're not anything like you

Despite what you think

I don't wanna be anything like you

You see me?

I'm just trying to make it through

People like me

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Passion burnt behind my eyes

Time went slow but now it flies

And the edges get a little rougher still

My rage and empathy are numb

Your mind is old but mine is young

And nothing's ever full until it's filled

The men they came with boots and beer

But what they wanted was quite unclear

They tried to make it white that once was brown

And I see it there behind your eyes

The ghosts that scratch and burn and lie

Haunting sounds like healing this far down

And I want it to be simple

But it's still unclear

I wanted to be there

But I'm still here

Despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard

Despite what you think I'm not trying to make things hard