I sit here shivering
Smoking all my cigarettes
You say i'm gonna kill my lungs
You say i'm gonna die young
But as far as i'm concerned
I'm already dying
We all are
We start to die
The minute we are born
And there is no one who can save us
Only we can save ourselves
You call me a heretic
You tell me i am evil
Just because i don't believe in your god
Your god is man made
Just like the clothes on your back
I am my own god
I was born a goddess
And you cannot accept it
You cannot accept me for who i am
Nor will you accept me for what i am
I am beautiful
Yet you tell me i'm not
I don't believe you
I never did
Because all you've ever told me was lies
There is no heaven
There is no afterlife
We only live on
In other people's minds
When i am dead and gone
I will still continue to live on
No one will ever forget me
All the people whose lives i've touched
Will forever miss me
When you are dead and gone
Will you still live on
Or are you too preoccupied
With getting into heaven
I recognize this life for what it is
It is what we make of it
We control our own lives
We control our fate
No one else controls us
We control ourselves