Translating a Song need help Paraphrasing

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Hey all, I'm trying to translate a song to ASL, but I'm having trouble with a few lines and was hoping someone with more expertise could lend me a hand. The Song is "I Remember" by "A Day to Remember". Most of the song is pretty straight forward, the hardest part is the intro.

I'd never wish any of this on anyone or anything.
Aw come on, you gotta try and look at things like me.
I never needed anything I got,
I never keep anything I have, what do I have?
Mostly things that'll never last.

So far I have:

I never wish___ ____ ____ you try and see things like me
I never need (Any? Thing?) I Obtained
I never retain (Any? Thing?) I have what I have
most things (expire?)

Thoughts?
 
My thoughts are, I wouldn't attempt to translate a song without first knowing the audience and venue of the presentation, and without having the entire context of the lyrics, tempo and "mood" of the song.
 
"I Remember"

I'd never wish any of this on anyone or anything.
Aw come on, you gotta try and look at things like me.
I never needed anything I got,
I never keep anything I have, what do I have?
Mostly things that'll never last.

Then I think back...

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family cause they could never understand.
I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am cause where I've been.
Cause where I've been.

They wonder why I hide myself from everyone,
from everything, man come on.
You wouldn't last a day as me.
Everyone loves me for my past, but they always hate me in the present.
Why can't you just meet me somewhere in the middle?

It's in the hardest times we grow the most.

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family cause they could never understand.
I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am cause where I've been.
Cause where I've been.

Speeding up, to slow down.
Side glances around this crowd all at me.
There must be something I can't see, so tell me.
Hold me up, help me out.
As I circle around what makes me happy.
There isn't one place that I can be without leaving.
This is my life.

I remember when I first saw the country.
I remember sleeping in the van.
Said goodbye to friends and family, they could never understand.
They don't understand.
They don't understand.

I remember jumping off of cliff tops.
I remember playing with no one there.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I am.
I remember the coast of California.
I remember trucks stops cross the land.
Never kept too many idols cause we were busy being them.
I remember waking up in Georgia. I remember quitting my last job.
Yeah I knew if I became successful it wouldn't change who I was, where I've been.
Cause where I've been.

This is the entire song, I ran this song by a friend that knows ASL. She said songs are hard to do because of idioms and metaphors, but this song is quite literal.
 
Hey everyone, I think I have it figured out. can someone proof read this for me? I think I got the Syntax right.

I never wish this on any person or any thing
come on you try and see things like me
I never need (Any? Thing?) I Obtained
I never retain (Any? Thing?) I have what I have
most things (expire?)

Then I think past

I remember when I First country see
I remember sleep van
friends and family say goodbye
I remember jump cliff top
I remember play no one here (point in front)
Yes I know I successful became it would not change who I am cause my past

They think why I hide from everyone, from everything
you wouldnt last one day as me
everyone love me for my past, hate me in now
why not meet in middle?

in hard times we grow more

speed up slow down
side glance at me in crowd
something I cant see? tell me
hold me help me
while I circle what makes me happy
not one place I can stay
this my life

I remember Califorina coast
I remember truck (stops) across the country
never kept idols too busy being one
I remember wake up in Georgia I remember quit last job
 
Umm are you trying to make this ASL, or PSE/CASE?

What you've got is more a CASE-ish phrasing
 
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