We're taught to be like them, taught to know our place We kept the pace, but we're done pretending A fault line through the fairytale endings They try to sell us unconvenience and conformity Those are the measures of the man that I wanna be Rise up if you agree and let your freak flags fly We're all messed up inside and forced to act like everything's alright Bring those freak flags high, rejected till we die Do it with tomorrow Cause let your freak flags fly tonight We're taught to fall in line, taught to know the rules We play the fools and we're over the laughter They can't keep us happy happily ever after They can't sell us unconvenience and conformity Those are the properties of people that we wanna be Rise up if you agree and let your freak flags fly We're all messed up inside and forced to act like everything's alright Bring those freak flags high, rejected till we die Do it with tomorrow Just let your freak flags fly tonight Made from a different mold, stuck in a different skin We will never back down, we will never fit in A different breed, stuck in a different skin We will never back down, we will never fit in So let your freak flags fly We're all messed up inside and forced to act like everything's alright Bring those freak flags high, rejected till we die Do it with tomorrow Let your freak flags fly We're all messed up inside and forced to act like everything's alright Bring those freak flags high, rejected till we die Do it with tomorrow Just let your freak flags fly tonight Let your freak flags fly