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I've never been an academic, I never did well at school Never made the grade like we're all told we're supposed to do I was slow and to cope I would joke and be a teachers fool Just to hide it He said, I'll never come to much, I'll never be no good I didn't fit in the vision of the curriculum like I should Who says a test is the best way to get us understood? I don't think so. Don't think so, no Here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose? Tell me, what I gotta prove? Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail So let me fail forward, hey Here I am I said I was slow but now I know another point of view Turns out, I let every little thing sink in until I know it through and through Ain't it funny to kill a mockingbird are words that we learn at school On compassion? Well, here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose? Tell me, what I gotta prove? Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail So let me fail forward, hey Songtexte Here I am Each day, I make a bet That the voices in my head Won't always understand Or take me as I am I didn't read a lot of books as a kid until my table's turned At 21 I began to eat up the whole shelf filling up myself in the words Of other misfits looking for a home in a lonely world Now, here I am. Tell me, what I gotta lose? Tell me, what I gotta prove? Here I am. Ain't no win without a fail So let me fail forward, hey So let me fail So let me fail forward Here I am So let me fail So let me fail forward, hey Aus Songtexte Mania