I`m like a cat in a cage, locked up and battered and bruised
I am the prodigal son, a shameful prodigy too
I am the love of your life, battering ram and confused
I turn each day into night, I stand there waiting for you
There is desire to fight, but I have nothing to prove
With the crowd and some lights, I start to feel things move
Do you have something to hide? `Cause I think that we all do
I am a child inside, back up and give me some room

I`m just a bastard child, don`t let it go to your head
I`m just a waste of your time, maybe I`m better off dead
They turn us loose in the night, I`m f**king Jekyll and Hyde
We`ll have the time of our lives although we`re dying inside

So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`d rather go it alone
So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`m never coming home

Don`t start to panic for me, `cause I have nothing to lose
I am as bright as the sun, I burn up all that I choose
Up on the side of the field I see a city with lights
I touch her face when I kneel, she tells me she`s not alive
I am too nervous to run, the kids who scatter and hide
Still reach and grab for someone, but end up buried alive
Her world is waiting for me, a world that I rarely used
I start to feel my feet, they kick down walls as they move

I`m just a bastard child, don`t let it go to your head
I`m just a waste of your time, maybe I`m better off dead
They turn us loose in the night, I`m f**king Jekyll and Hyde
We`ll have the time of our lives although we`re dying inside

So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`d rather go it alone
So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`m never coming home

I`m just a bastard child, don`t let it go to your head
I`m just a waste of your time, maybe I`m better off dead
They turn us loose in the night, I`m f**king Jekyll and Hyde
We`ll have the time of our lives although we`re dying inside

So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`d rather go it alone
So let me go, go
So let me go, go
Just let me go, go
I`m never coming home