You think you know me and who I am 

Telling me your do's and your don'ts – you're the man 

It seems the higher that I crawl 

The more you are there trying to end it 

Can't be what you see 

It's not me, it's what you believe 

You're nothing 

If I make it, it's on my own 


(CHORUS) 


Break this down 

All you has-been's and never-will-be's 

Screaming Hey-y-y 

Write this down 

You'll never get nothing from me 

Crying Hey-y-y 


How can you tell me where to go 

My life's gone places you don't even know 

You say you're there to watch my back 

But why is your knife out 


Won't be what you see 

It's all me, it's what I believe 

You're nothing 

If I make it, it's on my own 


(CHORUS) 


Break this down (on my) 

Take this down (on my) 

Write this (on my own) 


Break this down (on my) 

Take this down (on my) 

Write this down 


Screaming Hey-y-y-y