Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
The song was released July 22, 2003 in the album “Chariot”. It is Gavin’s biggest hit. The song gained much of its popularity after being chosen as the opening theme song for the television series “One Tree Hill”
[Verse 1]
I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other
Than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other
Than a birth of two souls in one
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Part of where I'm going
Is knowing where I'm coming from
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be
Anything other than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me, and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me
[Verse 2]
I'm surrounded by liars
Everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters
Everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis
Everywhere I turn
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be
Anything other than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me, and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me, ah
[Bridge]
Can I have everyone's attention please?
If you're not like this and that
You're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain
The crust of creation
My whole situation made from clay to stone
And now I'm telling everybody
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be
Anything other than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me, and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me
[Outro]
I don't wanna be, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
I don't wanna be, oh-oh
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be anything
Anything other than me
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah) I don't wanna be (Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah) I don't wanna be (Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah) I don't wanna be (Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah) I don't wanna be
I Don’t Want to Be was written by Gavin DeGraw.
I Don’t Want to Be was produced by Mark Endert.
Gavin DeGraw released I Don’t Want to Be on Tue Jul 22 2003.