Hope WITH LYRICS

Father Fairest:
C'mon sport, don't joke around
Father wants to see you
Come back home all safe and sound
Shut up and think this through

Benjamin:
Didn't hear me? I'll be clear
I just wanna be free
So how about I tell the crowd
Al the wrongs you've done me

(Same Time)
B:
You took me hopes, my dreams, my trust
Mother Mairest:
Silence, listen to me
B:
You took the life I never lived
I'll take them back even if I must
Snuff out the me you wanted
But I want you to see!
MM:
We gave you a path to walk
In shining gold, above dirt and mud
You childish boy, the rail guards tight
So don't you fall away

(Not Same Time)
Father Fairest:
Leaving us for some filthy wretch
How you've changed to show us this disrespect
You just gotta do what we tell you to
You don't have to hide when there's stardom built for you

(Same Time)
B:
Left you for a life I'll pursue
MM:
Sweetie don't you see?
We want you to agree
B:
How I've changed to know what you put me through
MM:
You're not the best
B:
Won't do as you say. Cast that "me" away
Wouldn't have to hide if you weren't so cruel each day
MM:
That you can be

(Not Same Time)
Father Fairest:
You'd better be off back at home
Not drawing pictures out on the streets

Benjamin:
I'd be better off with someone
Who loves me for me!

Mother Mairest:
Dim out the crowd
Set your mistakes in the spotlight
Sing to me now
Just how foolish you act tonight

Benjamin:
Background in blue
Paint the harm you've done in bold red
Swear I'll pursue
A dream where the pain will end!

Father Fairest:
Shameful, really, don't you think?
Now someone like you can be so
Tainted with thoughts, running to rot!
Fallen from the perfect you were raised for

Benjamin:
What's the point in that when I want
Something else? Something that
Fills me with joy, just like a toy
Given to a child by the tree on Christmas Eve

Mother Mairest:
We gave you the gift that you now refuse
To take and accept a chance to stand out
Greater than the crowd you stand beside
Ungrateful for the things we provide

Benjamin:
I want a life I can call my own
A path I'll pave to a place I call home
Happy with a loved one by my side
Finally free from the strain you provide
But I guess that's too much to ask for, huh?
Living so oppressed, I've had enough!
I just wanna tell you
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
This is how, for your "love", I'll repay

(Same Time)
B:
Said the boy, "Do you see what I see?"
FF:
Don't talk such nonsense
B:
Hoping his parents would at last agree
FF:
Let us do the rest
B:
Letting out what I've held in all these years
FF:
A childish offense
B:
This how I felt when I cried my tears!
FF:
Your parents know best

(Not Same Time)
Mother Mairest:
I don't understand this...

Benjamin:
You don't even try to hear me

Father Fairest:
Don't complain and this will end

Benjamin:
I don't want to go back to square one again!
Won't you pay attention
To the words I want to say to you!?

Father Fairest:
Stupid

Benjamin:
Stop it

Mother Mairest:
Senseless

Benjamin:
Listen!

Mother and Father:
Grounded!

Benjamin:
JUST LET ME SPEAK!
I wanna paint, don't wanna stay here, oh!
I wanna live without all this fear, oh!
Don't want much for Christmas
But some solace!

Mother Mairest:
Why can't you see
That we have given you the support that you need?

Benjamin:
It's not support!
It's all the anxiety you built inside me

Father Fairest:
We're making sure

Benjamin:
That my dreams
Are just a sequel to your dreams!

(Same Time)
MM:
Zip it, cruel little brat
B:
I won't take this anymore!