This song simply put is awesome. And to lessen it, it is about peer pressure and parental pressure. The song places the fact that at every step we are monitored and judged and all throughout we try and be what we are supposed to be or told to be, and kill our crazy individuality. "How has it taken up so long for me to open up my eyes", the omitter finally realises that what he has been doing is what the others want him to do. Conditional behaviour. "You better do what you're told, you better hope that you're right" That means that even after you have tried everything to make them happy, somehow or the other you are always somehow incorrect or faulty. Every screamo song can be understood extremely easy by listening to the variations in the lyrics between the sung part and the screamed part. It can also be deduced that the person screaming has given up on life after being criticized all round his life. And that is the reason he is saying over and over to "STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT". "They say I'm a sinner, I'm not the only one" The politically incorrect always pull one way or the other to criticize you. Metal is devilish. Diabolic. Maybe that part is for all those who try to discourage metal by calling it diabolic. "I am a sinner, I'll never be a martyr" That means that when the guy gave up on his life, he is once again called a sinner and not a martyr cause he was oppressed towards suicide which is practically a form of murder. And the final screamed lyrics are the best. "ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN THE PERSON I AM, WHO ARE YOU TO TRY AND JUDGE?" That is the final piece, like a cherry atop the cake. It means that if I live my life the way I want to, if I grow my hair fucking long or grow a lengthy beard or wear distressed jeans I am being true. I am being honest. Not to the others but to myself. And if I am being true to me, you have got no right to judge me or accuse me.