Uploaded December 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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LYRICS IN DESCRIPTION :)

It's been like this from the start
One piece after another to make my heart
You mistake the game for being smart
Stand here, sell this and hit your mark

But the sound of the steel
And the crush, and the grind
It'll scream who am I to decide my life
But in time it'll die, there's nothing left inside
Just rusted metal that was never even mine

I would scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
Waiting here, begging please
Set me free so I can feel, hey

Stop trying to live my life for me
I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Stop telling me I'm part of this big machine
I'm breaking free, can't you see
I can't love, I can't speak
Without somebody else operating me
You gave me eyes and now I see
I'm not your robot, I'm just me

All this time, I've been misled
There was nothing but cross-wires in my head
I've been taught to think that what I feel
Doesn't matter at atll till they say it's real

I would scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
Waiting here, begging please
Set me free so I can feel, hey

Stop trying to live my life for me
I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Stop telling me I'm part of this big machine
I'm breaking free, can't you see
I can't love, I can't speak
Without somebody else operating me
You gave me eyes and now I see
I'm not your robot, I'm just me (x2)
I'm not your robot

I would scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
Waiting here, begging please
Set me free so I can feel, hey

Stop trying to live my life for me
I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Stop telling me I'm part of this big machine
I'm breaking free, can't you see
I can't love, I can't speak
Without somebody else operating me
You gave me eyes and now I see
I'm not your robot, I'm just me (x2)
I'm not your robot