HIGH HOPES

[Intro]
Hopes
Hopes
Hopes
Hopes
Hopes
Hopes

[Verse 1]
Sometimes, I think about the way that things be goin'
Kicked those fakes out of my life, now everything is flowin' so clean
Every time I see that time
I wonder if I didn't, how everything would be
They all had trapped me in a box, I was oblivious
While I was, they all went and threw away the key
They suffocated me inside that box, I thought I had nothing, at loss
But in reality, I had no damn place to breathe (No)
Thinking back on it, I really wanted to get aggressive
Thing is, anything you do, they find it and they want to get obsessive
So they find a way to taint your image just so they can get attention
But the true ones don't want them to say another sentence
Sorry 'bout that
I wanted to get across the message
All I hope is that you pass it on
And maybe someone will get it (Ah!)

[Chorus]
High hopes
High hopes
High hopes
High hopes
They were lyin' when they told me that they cared
Saying "Sorry" really didn't make it fair
I would've never done it if I knew the pain
That I would bear
High hopes
High hopes
High hopes
High hopes
I had accepted them, they used me for themselves
They felt no mercy, hoped in my dreams I'd prevail
This was just one big nuisance
Until they failed
Mmm

[Verse 2]
Yeah, so I kicked them out
Life's been better since I didn't have to hear a freakin' sound from them
Never thought it would go so far, to where I'd grab a bag of stuff
And throw it to the ground and pound my fist against it
Every time I saw them, all I thought was, "Quit pretending"
Every time they walk right by me now, hey, no incentive
But to shut them up before they go and start babblin'
Before I went to tackle him, so then I- ('Kay, next subject!)
So, I'm finally sittin' in peace
Not wonderin' whether or not I'm gonna be freed
Not feelin' like I was just nothin', stuck on a leash
Not stuck in a cage, still lookin' for keys
Now I can be thankful that things lookin' up
'Cause I can keep my spirits high and my ego tucked
'Cause I can keep my hopes high without feeling like I'm stuck
I don't gotta do much, but I just gotta push my luck