John Reuben - Identity lyrics
[John Reuben - Identity lyrics]
Always felt like an outsider watched the
World pass as an observer
Fake it till you make it
We all exist as actors
Perhaps I am a sucker don’t
Work well under pressure
But, I can’t stand around here
Just waiting to be discovered
Musta been something I missed
Somebody understood something I didn't
Teachers didn’t care
No heart in the curriculum
Couldn’t form a complete thought so
I was left feeling stupid
Scatterbrained, waiting for something to
Capture my attention
Beyond the borders placed around
Trailer park kids
Paralleling strategies before we knew
What plans meant each one teach one we’ll
Take real life experience
And make our rules and form our own systems
So let the world pass their
Judgement and make their predictions
Learned to protect ourselves against
Fear and rejection
Ignorance is bliss, better off the optimist
Attitude is ours
The rest is just circumstance
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
We were young once when
Lightning struck, time’s up, goodbye luck
Don’t make no sudden moves just let they
Do what it came to do
There’s no control, heart wants
What it wants
You got the soul take off the gloves
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run
With grace embrace the outcome
In a crowded room trying not to shove
Opposite ends of the spectrum
It is what it is, just because
A waste of time doing anything but
Dance a dance and sing a song youth
Is in style that won’t last long
Rest assured you did all you could
Never had to say "I wish I would’ve "
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
I had a dream that I could freeze time
Be the same age forever
And live multiple lives
So, here we go, end of the world
No need to fear it
One day our bodies will break down
And we’ll have to wear it
Used to be naked in the
Garden before we understood shame
Used to not keep score, children just played
Wasn’t till we got older we were
Afraid to amount to nothing
Is it excitement or anxiety that
Keeps your heart pumping?
And when our youth left it was
The death of an identity iDE-N T
IDE-N T-I T-Y
And is the new person we become
Out of choice or necessity? IDE-N T
IDE-N T-I T-Y
So I keep my eyes up towards the sun
Cause it’s as far as I can reach
Cause cynicism ’s lazy
The lowest fruit hanging from the tree
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
World pass as an observer
Fake it till you make it
We all exist as actors
Perhaps I am a sucker don’t
Work well under pressure
But, I can’t stand around here
Just waiting to be discovered
Musta been something I missed
Somebody understood something I didn't
Teachers didn’t care
No heart in the curriculum
Couldn’t form a complete thought so
I was left feeling stupid
Scatterbrained, waiting for something to
Capture my attention
Beyond the borders placed around
Trailer park kids
Paralleling strategies before we knew
What plans meant each one teach one we’ll
Take real life experience
And make our rules and form our own systems
So let the world pass their
Judgement and make their predictions
Learned to protect ourselves against
Fear and rejection
Ignorance is bliss, better off the optimist
Attitude is ours
The rest is just circumstance
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
We were young once when
Lightning struck, time’s up, goodbye luck
Don’t make no sudden moves just let they
Do what it came to do
There’s no control, heart wants
What it wants
You got the soul take off the gloves
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run
With grace embrace the outcome
In a crowded room trying not to shove
Opposite ends of the spectrum
It is what it is, just because
A waste of time doing anything but
Dance a dance and sing a song youth
Is in style that won’t last long
Rest assured you did all you could
Never had to say "I wish I would’ve "
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
I had a dream that I could freeze time
Be the same age forever
And live multiple lives
So, here we go, end of the world
No need to fear it
One day our bodies will break down
And we’ll have to wear it
Used to be naked in the
Garden before we understood shame
Used to not keep score, children just played
Wasn’t till we got older we were
Afraid to amount to nothing
Is it excitement or anxiety that
Keeps your heart pumping?
And when our youth left it was
The death of an identity iDE-N T
IDE-N T-I T-Y
And is the new person we become
Out of choice or necessity? IDE-N T
IDE-N T-I T-Y
So I keep my eyes up towards the sun
Cause it’s as far as I can reach
Cause cynicism ’s lazy
The lowest fruit hanging from the tree
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y
IDE-N T iDE-N T-I T-Y