The song opens with the narrator's declaration that he wants to die. He asks the audience to join him in his "empty everyday chatter" . The narrator tells the audience that he has come to see a performance of the musical "I want to die" , and he asks to be allowed to return to the school where he will perform with the school's cheer squad after the performance. The music is live, and the narrator asks if he can hear him back. He says that he does not want to be a part of the "boring routine" of high school, and that he is the only one who does not have a "dum place" in his life. He laments that he cannot stand feeling the way he does, even if his thoughts are all in his head. The first line of the song is "i want to live." The narrator wonders if he really got what he wanted out of his high school career, and if he would do anything differently if he could do it again. He would kiss his "boy friend," and he would study harder and do whatever he wanted. He wonders if God would give him a second chance, and says that if he did, he would beg to taste the "hell's flame" of heaven. The song closes with the chorus, "I know I want to Die."