" 'Quasimodo' is a character who's chained down by people trying to get him to conform. Sometimes I get pictures of people when I'm writing. I look at this person like some kid at school who doesn't look as cool as the rest of the kids and doesn't act as cool. There's a group of kids that come along and try to make him what they want him to be and do things he doesn't want to do. He goes along with it 'cause he's afraid. But by the chorus, he's breaking out of that. So it ends hopefully." -Jason Wade-

You could be right
And I'll be real
Honesty won't be a pain you'll have to feel
'Cause I don't need your approval to find my worth
I've been trapped inside of my own mind
Afraid to open my eyes to what I'd find
I don't want to live like this anymore

*CHORUS*
There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them fall
There goes this feeling that has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes

Does it scare you
That I can be something different than you
Would it make you feel more comfortable if I wasn't
You can't control me
You can't take away from me who I am

*CHORUS*

Have you ever felt like your secrets give you away
You're not alone
I have been there, too
Everyone is looking and everyone is laughing
But I think everyone feels the same
Everybody wants to feel okay
Everybody wants to
Everybody wants to feel

*CHORUS*

'Cause you can't change me
You can't break me
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
'Cause I don't want it

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