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What Bothers Me
What bothers me
Is that they tell us to stand tall
Tall like the sky scrapers
Strong against the wind
That threatens to push us down
What they don't tell us
Is that they will knock us down
Down a peg or two or maybe three
Just enough to let us know
We have no right to dream so high
No way of wanting so much
Tell us to face reality
Hold on tight and never let go
Because the minute we do
We might get lost in the possibility of 'what if'
What if i did exactly what my heart told me to?
Sing at the top of my lungs
Not caring if it's right or wrong
Who sees or doesn't
Take a train nowhere
Just to see the world
The reality through my eyes
And mine alone
Danced in my underwear
Belching a song
Would that make me different?
Would different be bad?
God gave us dreams
So, dreaming is our right
But suddenly if our dreams
Are not rational enough
They'll say dream of things
That doesn't scream crazy
Crazy!
But their ours
Ours to dream and ours to make and ours to implement
So let us live
Live according to the fire in our hearts
To the desire bursting within
And then you'll know
You'll know if we changed the world or not
To generalize is to be an idiot
He said
So how can they claim?
That the world would be a better place
If everyone stayed in line
Forget about the impossible
Pft! Like they know what the impossible is
I don't either
But that's just what this life is about
Forget the future, live in the present
Let your present define your future
But in the way you want it to
Because if you don't live your life
Then you'll be the man across the street
In the mansion in a tailored suit
Alone at the breakfast table
Eating the eggs
That are actually rubber instead
So, what bothers me?
Is the rationality in this world
Here is rational
And here are you
The distance between the two
Is all that matters
Because in the end
The battle is inevitable.
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