Failure to Launch Lyrics

After a while Im sick of dependence

I'm sick of being somebody's problem

Why does it feel so scary

To be angry, to want things?

Is it the fear of rejection?

Fear of abandonment?

Falling from grace with it?

I'm reaching into myself

Bringing into the light

Parts that I've repressed

I'm trying to feel myself

For the first time

I'm not feeling depressed

I've been trained in the art of coyness

Equating confidence with cockiness

Holding my hand to my heart and

Saying I don't deserve attention

Growing up everyone felt so inclined

To dress me up and tell me what a woman does

I sang pretty songs and won competitions

Now I'm reaching into myself

Bringing into the light

Parts that I've repressed

I'm trying to feel myself

For the first time

I'm not feeling depressed