This is where the subject goes.
I'm tired
Cynical and broken, but wiser
Heavy with a sense of resentment
But I used to be so much different
I used to have so much faith
When I started
You knew that I always meant it
I knew I could make a difference
I struggled to be heard
And then finally, one day people started listening
And I knew it
But as soon as it began it was ruined
A slow descent from unique to routine
Over and over
"Just do it again and this time with feeling"
The spotlight
The focus on the friends and the feelings
That made those stupid songs all worth singing
And don't you say a word
Unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed
So we drove
For what seemed like days
Over roads
And four lane highways
We said all we had to say
And I realized in time that it didn't mean anything
Never
Not ever again...
Not like that
"It's only a matter of time"
Straylight Run knows all my thoughts and sings them in beautiful songs.
It's kind of magical. Don't laugh at me. I'm serious. Hey, stop laughing.
What is happiness, anyway? It's so easy to manipulate yourself into thinking your happy. Which is why it's so hard to know whether you're actually happy or not. It's all mental, really. It's all about looking at things on the "positive side." It's just approaching the situation with an optimistic attitude. Then, when everything turns out, you think to yourself, "Oh, I'm happy now." But are you really? You tell yourself that there is every reason to be happy, and no reasons not to be. But this doesn't mean that your actually happy. Does it?
And how can you tell if someone else is happy? Smiling doesn't mean you're happy. Laughing doesn't mean you're happy. It just means that you're either:
a)putting on a front -or- b) someone just said something they thought was funny and you feel so sorry for them that you make a noise that could possibly be accepted as some sort of a sarcastic smirk to satisfy their needs for human acceptance. So what now?
Cynical and broken, but wiser
Heavy with a sense of resentment
But I used to be so much different
I used to have so much faith
When I started
You knew that I always meant it
I knew I could make a difference
I struggled to be heard
And then finally, one day people started listening
And I knew it
But as soon as it began it was ruined
A slow descent from unique to routine
Over and over
"Just do it again and this time with feeling"
The spotlight
The focus on the friends and the feelings
That made those stupid songs all worth singing
And don't you say a word
Unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed
So we drove
For what seemed like days
Over roads
And four lane highways
We said all we had to say
And I realized in time that it didn't mean anything
Never
Not ever again...
Not like that
"It's only a matter of time"
Straylight Run knows all my thoughts and sings them in beautiful songs.
It's kind of magical. Don't laugh at me. I'm serious. Hey, stop laughing.
What is happiness, anyway? It's so easy to manipulate yourself into thinking your happy. Which is why it's so hard to know whether you're actually happy or not. It's all mental, really. It's all about looking at things on the "positive side." It's just approaching the situation with an optimistic attitude. Then, when everything turns out, you think to yourself, "Oh, I'm happy now." But are you really? You tell yourself that there is every reason to be happy, and no reasons not to be. But this doesn't mean that your actually happy. Does it?
And how can you tell if someone else is happy? Smiling doesn't mean you're happy. Laughing doesn't mean you're happy. It just means that you're either:
a)putting on a front -or- b) someone just said something they thought was funny and you feel so sorry for them that you make a noise that could possibly be accepted as some sort of a sarcastic smirk to satisfy their needs for human acceptance. So what now?