Hello, my friend, we've met before
I'm the voice you've been trying to ignore
An echo of the time when you were small
The reason for that aching in your chest when you recall
The things you did when you were young
Reckless and immature
When you were so irresponsible
Now do you like who you've become after all?
I didn't mean to bother you
But you tried so hard to hit your head against the wall
Pretending you don't hear me anymore
Oh, and did you find what you've been looking for?
The visions that you had once
Are all packed up in a suitcase
Hidden in the back of your head
In the basement
Behind that stack of numbers you never called
And your restless mind
Is disguised as confident
Look around and you'll find
We're all caught in the same old rut
Like flies on the window
Doing all they can
To get just a little closer to the light
And if one day you see me again
One day you get there
To the land behind that magic screen
Don't let on
That the violins are out of tune
And the grass is far too green
And all the stars you've reached for
Have turned into a decorative gleam
And the seatbelts are always
Far too tight inside of the heart attack machine
Where you were digging in the dirt
Begging to find a little more
But the dirt never revealed a core
There was only dirt and dirt forevermore
Did you think that you would find a cure
For the sake of the hopeless and the poor
Now don't forget to finish your report
By the time the men in grey come
To make sure that your restless mind
Is disguised as confident
Look around and you'll find
We're all caught in the same old rut
Like flies
On the window
Doing all they can
To get just a little closer to the light
And if one day I meet you
And you're friends of that fine social scene
Please don't say you didn't know
That their numbers don't add up at all
With everything that's going on


Everything you've hoped for
Only the buttons are blinking
Nice and clean
For those who stay up late
Counting the days
Till they're released
From the heart attack machine
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