when will I get over the idea 
that everyone has to love me 
you know I don't love everyone myself 
so why should all the world treat me differently 
it's nothing new I know you've felt it 
still this rings true I'm nothing if not 
just a servant to an outside opinion 
I can't tell you what you think doesn't matter to me 
why can't I just be an island on the ocean 

I need something from the outside for the inside of me 
somedays I feel I can take the world 
and put it on my shoulders for all eternity 
but even in this lack of gravity 
I still need someone to just to stand there with me 
it's nothing new I know you've felt it 
still this rings true I'm nothing if not 
just a servant to an outside opinion 
I can't tell you what you think doesn't matter to me 
why can't I just be an island on the ocean 
I need something from the outside for the inside of me 
just a servant to an outside opinion