I can’t go back to the ignorance of youth,
But is all that’s left disillusioned untruth?
Deconstructed so far I can’t seem to find,
Anything of value in this daily grind,
Why keep fighting in this cage of mirrors?
Why not settle for accepted and comforting errors?
Everything-is-relative why not just stop lying,
If I can’t be certain what’s the point in trying,
I am no one, I am nothing, I am everyone, I am everything,
(Chorus):
I want to see outside myself,
To see the world I know is there (I know it’s there),
But I’m stuck in a cage of mirrors,
And every effort gets me no nearer,
To a sense of meaning for existence,
And I’m draining of all resistance,
I need a sense of meaning for existence,
But I’m draining of all resistance,
All I can know is myself and I don’t know him that well,
I built my own heaven now I’ve built my own hell,
Gave up that fake solid ground I thought I had,
Traded stability for relevance and now it drives me mad,
Thought being humble meant being unsure,
But now I’m drowning in doubt desperate for something pure,
It’s draining to pay this much attention to my own heart,
I want out in the sun but don’t know where to start,
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