More Than I Take Lyrics & Chords By Molly Venter

Anne pulls and tugs at her shirt, like she's walking in somebody
else's clothes. She starts to hum a sad, sad song cause she knows
that now it's time to go back home. It won't be the same now Annie,
you'll make choices but you won't feel so assured. So if you want to
tell me something, say it now, cause it'll be harder when we're gone.
I thought I knew everything when I got out of high school. So much
about people, so much about friendships, and when it's OK to break the
rules. A couple years later, I get a slap in the face, cause nobody
feels the same hurt, nobody talks the same way. Misunderstanding,
I've felt left out, but most times I'm so happy I don't want to come
down. So I try to psych myself up, think of adventures yet to come,
but I get an oppressively lonesome feeling by the vision of my empty
room.

And I know I have made mistakes, but I hold my head up and
learn to give more than I take. And I am not ashamed to cry on
shoulders, ask for hugs, and just depend upon my friends.

Years back you drove me up here, took a picture by my door. You
handed me a bible, be we never went to church before. And it's like
that with so many things, I've got it stuffed into a bag somewhere, I
haven't read a page, but I won't forget I put it there. It's hard
when you try to give me so much help cause I know you're worried, but
I'm scared too and I am harder on myself. So if you treat me like I'm
older, I will treat you like I'm older, not some headstrong little
adolescent girl. Because all that I am and all that I have, you
passed on me, now on my own terms I am equipped to face the world.
And all my life I've been running hard and fast, like a stupid cartoon
road-runner ignoring what I pass. Now I see a drop off, and I dig my
heels in, and I throw my weight back and come screeching to a halt.
And so wavering on the edge, looking on some great divide, I find I'm
too afraid to jump, if you push me I might fly. And all your life
you've been walking the straight line, now the road has split wide
open and you've got so much to decide. So if the pressures in your
head start getting loud you may not know it but you still make your
family proud. You can't be everything. You can't please everyone,
but you can be anything you put your mind to. So let go of the guilt,
let go of your pride, hold on tighter to your heart, it's the
beginning of the rest of your life....

And I know I have made mistakes, but I hold my head up and learn to
give more than I take. And I am not ashamed to cry on shoulders, ask
for hugs, and just depend upon my friends....

So I turn to my mom and I turn to my dad, and I want to say thank you,
I want to say thank you, because all that I am and all that I have you
passed on me now with your love, I'll do my best to face the world.