microcosm

It's a first time caller That's the way it's always been It's the bottom dollar Like a cold embrace that pulls you in It's the place you haunted Ever closer never quite Just the way you wanted The way you wanted And you're looking at the world through a drinking straw And they're telling you that you gotta know who you are Oh you gotta know, alright And you're stumbling in the dark and the meaningless But you throw it all away for a fleeting glimpse Cause you gotta know, alright I said watch out! Why can't you be yourself? Why can't you be a little more like everyone else? I said watch out! Why can't you be yourself? And why can't you be a little more like everyone else? It's a microcosm Simulated shades of grey It's the light in darkness And you know exactly what they'll say Well you tried your darndest You feel the call and you give chase And then they tug your harness They tug your harness And you're looking at the world through a drinking straw And they're telling you that you gotta know who you are Oh you gotta know, alright And you're stumbling in the dark and the meaningless But you throw it all away for a fleeting glimpse Cause you gotta know, alright I said watch out! Why can't you be yourself? Why can't you be a little more like everyone else? I said watch out! Why can't you be yourself? And why can't you be a little more like everyone else?