Lyrics: Jackson Wade Scott
Music: Jackson Wade Scott
I don't wanna be well known
Just wanna be known well
I'd rather be lonely than be by myself
Don't wanna go home or put my pride on the shelf
'Cause I don't need help from anyone else
And I've been feeling so low
Help me back into character, I was
"Reckless kid, born and raised in America"
Now I'm a lost cause and truth be told
I lie too much, my bad
Trust me I'm working on it
Oh I thought I'd die young
Likes didn't do shit
I know well being well known's useless
I'll go to hell too eager to care
I'm on a screen island where no one stares
I wanna find whats inside me
Feel every fiber
Done sucking up 'cause I'm no longer a liar
Don't know how to be myself sometimes
But whenever I need your help
I always tell you now
I know now, it was all costumes
Funny dances to play my mind
Now I need to believe it (believe it), no
And I won't hold onto something familiar
We were kept back from the people we really were
It's a start
Now I just hope I acknowledge the gifts from the past when we run out of time
I just wanna be known well
Not well known
I'd rather be lonely than be alone
I'd rather sleep in a hotel than sleep in my home
But I've been pulling my weight in my thoughts
No matter where I go
I've been feeling so low
Help me back into character, I was
"Reckless kid, born and raised in America"
Now I'm a lost cause and truth be told
I lie too much, my bad
I've got a star studded cast of friends
That never answer the phone no matter when I call
Gotta stop trying so hard to try so hard
Otherwise I'll have nobody at all
I'm still learning to be direct
'Cause for years I've been a mess
In '18 I changed address
Not the right one, but the best
'Cause my parents are my success
I still need to earn their respect
I'm just trying to figure it out
(Fifty)
There's probably a lot that
I should've done differently
And I, oh I went to hear it out
But I was never listening
And I knew that it's not alright
I'm Just trying to find the light
Summon another spark
Or maybe it's gone and died
I try to stay out of sight
I gotta leave by the night
I can't seem to clear my mind
But I know now, that it was all
A bad dream, crash scene playing in my mind
And I shouldn't believe it, so I
Can't hold onto something familiar
When I've lost sight of the people we really were at the start
And I've started to see it
'Cause I don't wanna be well known
'Cause I don't wanna be well known
No,no,no
'Cause I don't wanna be well known
Just wanna be known well
I'd rather be lonely than be by myself
Don't wanna go home or put my pride on the shelf
'Cause I don't need help from anyone else