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standing for a dream

January 14, 2016
By redwolf10000 GOLD, New Market, Minnesota
redwolf10000 GOLD, New Market, Minnesota
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get up from bed with a low head,
fumble around until I send,
my alarm clock to its end,
tired and lost in my thoughts,
start of another day again,

walk the halls I’ve walked before,
people passing by like a scene,
yet this is no one’s dream,
the stress and the missed opportunities
as we’re taught to follow instead of lead,
losing creativity…

(Chorus)
“I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! work like machines
WHEN ALL I WANT! is time to breath,
I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! be told what to be
WHEN NO ONE ELSE! can even see,”

saying the things I’ve said before,
wanting to be so much more,
than a kid who just gets old,
because he lost all his goals,
to the souls that have already been sold,
accepting destiny

(Chorus)
“I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! work like machines
WHEN ALL I WANT! is time to breath,
I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! be told what to be
WHEN NO ONE ELSE! can even see,”

I won’t forget my dreams!
I will never ever agree!
I’ll make my own destiny!
I’LL BRING BACK CREATIVITY!
because my dream will become reality,
because...

(Chorus)
“I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! work like machines
WHEN ALL I WANT! is time to breath,
I WILL NOT! give up a dream
JUST TO PLEASE! someone else's greed,
I WILL NOT! be told what to be
WHEN NO ONE ELSE! can even dream,”


The author's comments:

This is about school and work, and what a person really seeks in life. kids are the ones who dream the most, but after years of growing up they lose them because we are taught to follow and listen, (which is not bad) but we are never taught to lead and achieve things that don't have a set path. Adults are to scared to follow a dream or have just accepted reality. This song is about someone who dreams that faces others who have lost their's. 


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