Lyrics
You've made up your mind
You have decided on a course of action.
You want to cut short your life
You have a desire to shorten your life.
Who are you leaving behind?
Who will be left behind by your decision?
All your pain becomes mine
The emotional burden of your pain affects me as well.
Given strength, given time
With strength and time given, I offer all of mine to you.
You can have all of mine
I am willing to support you through difficult times.
You can lift up your head
Look up and face the challenges.
We can sleep when we're dead
We can rest when life is over.
Open your eyes, somehow you can rise up now
Despite challenges, open your eyes and find the strength to rise.
I made it to 27, I'm still alive
Reflecting on reaching the age of 27 and still being alive.
Not joined the club yet, try as I might
Not succumbing to the challenges faced by others at this age.
I made it to 27, I'm still sick inside
Despite reaching 27, internal struggles persist.
Haven't surrendered but I thought that I might once or twice
Contemplating surrendering to challenges on occasion.
I turned to myself, somehow I still turn away
Turning inward for answers, yet still avoiding some truths.
Asking all the wrong questions of all the wrong faces
Asking the wrong questions to the wrong people.
Light hairs on my head instead of candles on cake
Comparing aging to light hairs instead of celebratory candles.
I'm a godless disaster, it's time to celebrate
Acknowledging a chaotic existence, suggesting a need for celebration.
I made it to 27, I'm still alive
Reiterating the achievement of reaching 27 and being alive.
Not joined the club yet, try as I might
Resisting conformity to negative expectations at 27.
Take it from someone who's been there before
Offering advice based on personal experience.
You won't feel the sun until you open the door in your way
Realizing the sunshine only comes when you face challenges head-on.
What did you want me to say? I'm not deflecting the question
Addressing questions directly without avoidance.
Not planning to rest until I've made it through the day
Committing to persistent effort until the end of the day.
Crippled by doubt my mind was haunted by hate
Struggling with doubt and haunted by negative emotions.
Anxious and lonely and broken, you told me
Describing a state of anxiety, loneliness, and brokenness.
The tablets would lift me, the visions would ease
Exploring the reliance on medication and visions for relief.
The voices get quieter the louder you plead
The struggle to silence inner voices intensifies with pleas.
I think about joining the friends that I've lost
Contemplating joining lost friends in a challenging pursuit.
Of chasing those feelings, the sweet and the real things
Pursuing both positive and genuine emotions.
The up days, the down days, the shit days I've had
Reflecting on the variety of experiences, both good and bad.
A patchwork cessation of my parents' creation
Life viewed as a patchwork of parental influences.
Hey kids, I made it to 27, each day was a fight
Celebrating survival each day as a continuous battle.
I'm grateful it broke me, for the lessons it showed me
Gratitude for the breaking points that taught valuable lessons.
I'll make it to 30 if the world wants to hurt me
Expressing determination to reach 30 despite challenges.
It can try all it likes
Acknowledging that the world may attempt to test resilience.
And I think that it might once or twice
Anticipating challenges from the world, but determined to persevere.
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