{I see myself, but it doesn’t look like me,
I see myself – but what should I be?
Yes, what should I be? And what should I become?
Be a dreamer – or achiever – you can only pick one.}
“Ohhh, you want the bullet train to fame my boy?”
No, no, no! Just the mega bus away from plain and tame, would be a joy!
“Well fucking stop that thought.”
“Nothing good happens here.”
“Oh, you’re into the arts? HA, HA, HA, must be a queer!”
“Fuck off to London if that’s what you want – but know this,
we all think you’re an absolute cunt.”
{I want to think outside the box,
but I don’t have the keys to this cage,
I try every possibility in the locks,
that get rusty with age.}
“HA! You don’t know about life! We struggle and strive, 9 to 5 that we hate, but we can barely survive, we buy things that we don’t want with credit we can’t pay, we turn on the television – it’s shit – but we watch anyway, we can’t wait for retirement, man that’ll be the day! We‘ll get to sit on our arse till we’re dead – ahh, bliss, don’t ya say?”
{I can see this for myself, but it doesn’t look like me,
I can see this for myself, but it’s something I don’t want to be.
Yes, there’s what I should be, and what I want to become,
I don’t want to cut my roots…I just want to grow: till my days are done.}
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