"Hold On Like It's The Only Thing You Have"

People will hate you for being happy
People will pity you for being sad
But if someone will love you through and through
Hold on like it's the only thing you have

People will tell you that you're crazy
Do all they can to feel they're sane
In a crazy world of mass confusion
Can I find shelter from this rain?

And I could do it, I could do it alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
I don't want my life to scrape by
With hope just spilling through the cracks
Immerse me, submerge me

Friends will shrug off every word
Your parents, shoot down all your dreams
Because they gave up on theirs some time ago
With not much left that they believe

But if everything in this life is a choice
Well I'll choose my own family
Yeah I'll make my own destiny

And I could do it, I could do it alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
I don't want my life to scrape by
With hope just spilling through the cracks
Immerse me, submerge me
Immerse me, emerging

Hope and happiness
Have got to be more than this
Right now they feel so far away
And all my confidence
They shut it down like common sense
No I can't live this way
Give it up, I hear them say

And I could do it, I could do it all alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
In this puzzle we're all pieces
That fit together just like fact
So immerse me, submerge me
Immerse me, emerging