"Autumn Leaves"

Break me, don't break me
See I'm so fragile, so stubborn, so strong
Quaking, or am I just shaking
Fighting to be on the top for so long

When I am just a leaf on the wind
I ascend, and descend
I am caught in the current
I can't even see
When I am withered and cracked
Broken off from the stem
Being stepped on again
I just struggle to be

Save me, don't save me
I'll push you away, though I say that I don't
While the world's caving, still behaving
Unafraid even though I've lost hope
It makes no sense

I'm just a leaf on the wind
I ascend, and descend
I am caught in the current
I can't even see
When I am withered and cracked
Broken off from the stem
Being stepped on again
I just struggle to be

I struggle to be
Above it all, standing tall
On my own two crippled feet
I stumble and fall
While I walk in my own defeat
But I'll still stay cemented
Not grounded, but welded
To the concrete that is my pride
Oh, who am I?
Oh, who am I?

I'm just a leaf on the wind
I ascend, and descend
As I'm caught in the current
I can't even see
But I'll fight you again and again
Till I bleed
As I cry out for mercy