Verse 1: The silence, the times I prayed The hospitals, the bills unpaid I hardly ever knew which day it was The ICP would climb away The baby crying as I laid in chairs that no one built for me because Chorus: We are young and we are strong And being here is so, so wrong Wake up, take me somewhere new I’m wasting away in a waiting room Verse 2: You took a breath, opened your eyes and took the whole place by surprise A miracle that left us wanting more When you came home they held your hands Our future slipped through mine like sand As they smiled I cried behind closed doors Chorus: We are young and we are strong And being here is so, so wrong Instead of growing up and growing old with you I’m wasting away in a waiting room Bridge: All of the yells turned into yawns From raising hell to “carry on” They think that death is the worst but the truth is it hurts more to be left in the lurch and though no one died we both know deep inside that A beating heart isn’t what makes you alive A beating heart isn’t what makes you alive Verse 3: (AJB) Pardon me, but it's getting a little harder to see all the good in You trying to use the good in me This is what it shouldn't be, I see so much pain I'm being hopeful but not being willing to be the change What do we do? How do we pull through When death tries to take our family? It can be difficult to lose an appendage In sorrow we learn to walk, but we don’t learn to mend it I'm fading away but before I break away I'll make a change for myself or change myself into something else I've moved way beyond the struggle for wealth I'm struggling just to remember who I am and how it felt To be useful 'cause if I'm truthful I need a few limbs cut in order to be fruitful, To be resilient, like I’m the stars, I’m brilliant But I am still in charge of my filament Chorus: We are young and we are strong And being here is so, so wrong Wake up, take me somewhere new I’m wasting away in a waiting room