cardboard adolescent

because its kind of shit
but here goes

once i was a man but then
i took a step outside myself
i saw the world as it saw itself
i came to know my inner ___

now it all just looks the same
it twists and turns and falls away
everyone sings the same refrain
and the game still remains

so i'll play for today
just building sand castles
and when they wash away
i'll stare in the ocean
when you reach the shore
don't be dissapointed
the land cannot
stretch on forever

tommorow will be different
tommorow is the same
if you wait forever
you will never learn my name

think things through to the very end
and you'll find yourself where you began
in a moment lies eternity
we endure it all patiently

but if we toss away our hope
and despair is just another joke
we find ourselves at the center of it all
try to stand there and you will fall

build a fire to burn your idols
remember to include yourself
the eye looks past all the mirrors
until it stares into itself

tell me all your deepest secrets
i have them too
when we are completely naked
everything will fit together