I Could’ve Set The World Alight

Lyrics

Verse 1
You told me I show great resilience
You failed to see past the façade
On the outside, I’m rarely crying
Inside, for normalcy, I’m always grieving
When safe, I should be free to let the feelings show
Past suffering means it’s not easy for the tears to flow

Chorus
Didn’t go wrong because of my intellect
I just couldn’t do everything right
Had the circumstances been befit
I could’ve set the world alight

Verse 2
Trying not to show what’s on the inside
Wiping away bad emotions on the outside
Concealing the physical scars to be benign
Appearing to be, completely fine
Became clear that you can’t see
Understand that we could be
In each other’s place
Doesn’t enter your headspace

Chorus
Didn’t go wrong because of my intellect
I just couldn’t do everything right
Had the circumstances been befit
I could’ve set the world alight

Verse 3
To those caring, I confide life’s lost its glimmer
The many situations where things are dimmer
They tell me things will get brighter
Thinking to say otherwise would make my mind darker
Try but fail to convince them I don’t feel lighter
This denying of an injured life just makes it starker

Chorus
Didn’t go wrong because of my intellect
I just couldn’t do everything right
Had the circumstances been befit
I could’ve set the world alight

Middle 8
People happy about the lifting of lockdown
Tell me I can’t be sad my life is forever shut down
Claiming if I do things differently
My life will still be lived joyfully

Verse 4
For acceptance it’s a danger
To be too quick to anger
Ingrained within is this law
Ignore that I desire a life with more
Declare me beyond help
As I won’t quell the yelp
Won’t pull the inner child in line
Gloss over life quality decline

Outro
This is my sorrow
My no bright tomorrow
I will not be faux
So you feel aglow
Still saying with might
I could’ve set the world alight
I could’ve set the world alight
I could’ve set the world alight