Lyrics
Are you convinced you know yourself
Questioning the certainty of self-knowledge
Rewriting the history you can sell
Revising personal history for commercial appeal
Carefully assembling meaning
Cautiously constructing significance
From the items on your shelf
Deriving meaning from possessions
Do know you all that you've stole
Reflecting on one's unethical actions
Persona plagiarized in whole
Entire personality copied from others
Have you convinced yourself
Questioning personal convincing
Of the backstory you wrote
Creating a fictional backstory
But would it make a difference
Contemplating the impact of choices
Where you go
Reflecting on the significance of destination
Could they ever tell
Wondering if others can perceive the truth
Who are you
Identity question
You'd never care to admit
Reluctance to acknowledge certain aspects
How much of you is someone else
Exploring the extent of borrowed identity
Don't become a caricature of yourself
Advice against turning into a distorted version of oneself
What if you had any excuse
Considering potential justifications
A life of neglect and abuse
Reflecting on a life of hardship
Would you exploit another's story
Contemplating exploiting others' stories
With an ending you could choose
Choosing an ending for personal gain
But would it make a difference
Questioning the impact of choices
Where you go
Reflecting on the significance of destination
Could they ever tell
Wondering if others can perceive the truth
Who are you
Identity question
You'd never care to admit
Reluctance to acknowledge certain aspects
How much of you is someone else
Exploring the extent of borrowed identity
Don't become a caricature of yourself
Advice against turning into a distorted version of oneself
I am, I am
Self-affirmation
I can be anything you ever wanted
Expressing willingness to be what others desire
Instead of me
Choosing an alternative persona
I'll be the only and the ever presenting need
Positioning oneself as the essential need
The seed of every little failure
Describing personal flaws as the source of failures
I've ever been
Reflection on personal shortcomings
I am, I am
Self-affirmation
I can be anything you ever wanted
Expressing willingness to be what others desire
Instead of me
Choosing an alternative persona
I'll be the only and the ever presenting need
Positioning oneself as the essential need
The seed of every little failure
Describing personal flaws as the source of failures
I've ever been
Reflection on personal shortcomings
But would it make a difference
Questioning the impact of choices
Where you go
Reflecting on the significance of destination
Could they ever tell
Wondering if others can perceive the truth
Who are you
Identity question
You'd never care to admit
Reluctance to acknowledge certain aspects
How much of you is someone else
Exploring the extent of borrowed identity
Don't become a caricature of yourself
Advice against turning into a distorted version of oneself
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