Gifted

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Joe Hooligan

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As a kid I was considered
So gifted and talented
Now as an adult I'm considered
Half depressed and half manic

I have to wear a mask so often
That I feel like a mannequin
To where half the time
I don't even know what is happening

I just try my best
To not offend the people around me
Even tho their stupidity
Will never cease to astound me

Everyone talks about nothing
Thinking their onto something
When all they've really got
Is worth some lint and buttons

I'm tired of being told
That I have so much potential
But whenever I look at my life
I see nothing but pitfalls

Mistake after mistake
I've had all I can take
I've bent over backwards so many times
That I think I might break

I wanna rip off this mask
And whipe the smile from my face
And let everyone know
Exactly what's on my brain

No more speaking thru filters
No more talking in code
No more of me conforming
To the societal mold
  
I've worn a mask everyday
Since I was told I was special
Put on daily performances
Try not to fall from my pedestal

But instead of a trophy
It felt more like a shell
Acting like its paradise
But I'm really in hell

Everyday I was told
About all the things I'd accomplish
But now that I'm older
The simplest things make me wanna just quit

I've been made to believe
That my brain had so much value
That I shouldn't chase dreams
Unless my brain was put to use

It's almost like nobody liked me
Unless I was the brightest
Now it seems like no one likes me
Cuz I'm burnt out I don't like this

Living my life in the spotlight
Doing tricks on command
Bitch You better jump high enough
Or your show will get canned

They will move on to the next kid
Who has passed all the tests
And all of your worth
Will fall down to the depths

Your identity stolen
You're no longer the smart kid
You're just another burnout
Who had his personality stripped

Cuz whether it's healthy or not
This is all you've ever had
And while still clinging on to your brain
And the die has been cast

Your forced to find yourself
Later in life than you've planned
You feel like you've lost everything
To the times of sand

Or maybe the sands of time
But you search deep inside
And nurture the parts of yourself
Everyone else told you to hide

Slowly you collect people
Who know you as more than a brain
And little by little
You no longer have to explain

That just cuz you're gifted
Doesn't mean you're insane
And that you have a potential
That's based on more than your brain

And maybe that fact
Is our biggest mistake
We value others opinions
Over our own its insane
  
But after we grow up
And realize their opinions are wrong
Is the day we can build a world
Where we finally belong

Because I was once told I was gifted
And it sounded awesome at first
But now I realize that phrase
Is what brought me so much hurt

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