"I wrote this about a friend of mine who told me about his childhood. He was telling me how he went to school and was the outcast and everyone picked on him and called him names, and he didn't have one friend. I started feeling the same emotions he must have felt and just started writing these lyrics. I think some of the stuff from [growing up in] Hong Kong might have been related to that, not having any friends at that age and being, as a family, the outcast in a different culture. The feeling of being alone, of being abandoned, connects to that. So 'Simon' came really easily - I wrote it in about fifteen minutes. These lyrics just poured out and I wrote them down and recorded it on the spot." -Jason Wade-

Catch your breath
Hit the wall
Scream out loud as you start to crawl
Back in your cage
The only place where they will leave you alone
'Cause the weak will seek the weaker
Until they've broken them
Could you get it back again
Would it be the same fulfillment to their lack of strength
At your expense left you with no defense
They tore it down

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And I have felt the same as you
I've felt the same as you
I've felt the same

Locked inside the only place
Where you feel sheltered
Where you feel safe
You lost yourself in your search to find
Something else to hide behind
The fearful always preyed upon your confidence
Did they see the consequence when they pushed you around
The arrogant build kingdoms made of the different ones
Breaking them 'til they've become just another crown

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Refuse to feel anything at all
Refuse to slip
Refuse to fall
Can't be weak
Can't stand still
You watch your back 'cause no one will
You don't know why they had to go this far
Traded your worth for these scars
For your only company
Don't believe the lies that they told to you
Not one word was true
You're alright
You're alirght
You're alright

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