In spite of you

I remember them telling me
Something bad’s gonna happen
We are alone in everything
Especially in dying
I’ve got a mark where your picture was
You spun me out of the photograph
And asked me how I bend the light
I just see the negatives

It’s taken me so long to see
You never saw the best in me
Now you’re gonna see me as I am

In spite of you, in spite of you
Losing sleep each time I wake
You’ve left me nothing left to hate but you
In spite of you
Lock my love inside a cage
And now I’m happy in this state for you

See I remember the difference
Between the doubt and significance
I wasn’t born I just stumbled in
Now I don’t believe in anything
You set me up like a failure
Before I’d even begun
So I’d rather keep my addictions
Than be a slave to anyone

The prying eyes that never sleep
Will watch you while you pray for me
Now you’re gonna see what you have done

And if I ever do succeed
I hope that you will think of me
And know that I have only just begun