In a track by track interview with Alternative Press, vocalist/guitarist Brian Joyce explained:
Probably my mom’s least favorite. This song really just focuses on my struggle with growing up in the Catholic church and how I truly feel it destroyed faith for me. I’m the last boy in my family so I ha...
[Verse 1]
What it takes to be a man
Do I fit your image yet?
Is this really who I am?
Am I someone you'll forget?
[Chorus]
I should've died while I was young
It's a shame that my name
Carries weight here
Bad blood between us dried out
I'll play safe to save face
Just as I am
[Verse 2]
Jesus Christ won't understand
Feel the scars inside my hands
I once was lost now I'm found
Sinners, saints are all the same
[Chorus]
I should've died while I was young
It's a shame that my name
Carries weight here
Bad blood between us dried out
I'll play safe to save face
Just as I am
[Bridge]
I'd die a thousand times
Over to feel alive
I lost faith in you before I was ready
I blame the father, son
The church and holy Ghost
But mainly myself for all the way I turned out
Just As I Am was written by Luke Smartnick & Kyle Bell (ML) & Matt Chula & Brian Anthony Joyce & Will Yip.
Just As I Am was produced by Will Yip.