The Same - Michael Blume

Ever trip on a pavement

And wonder how you fell

How you got distracted

What went wrong, how did that happen?

And you’re fine but you’re shaking

And everybody stares

But nobody close to help you

'cause nobody cares

We all live such lonely lives

Material plastic ties

Commercially satisfied

From birth till the day we die

And I forget to pay attention

You would think I learned my lesson

But the years go by and I don’t change

I just complain and stay the same

I stay the same

Do not ask me how my love life is

My love life is my life

And I’m not concerned with definitions otherwise

I’m scared that I love me too much

Too much

Too much

Too much

Can you love yourself too much?

We all live such lonely lives

Though husbands and wives deny

Material plastic ties

From birth till the day we die

And I forget to pay attention

You would think I learned my lesson

But the years go by and I don’t change

I just complain and stay the same

I wonder what it would be like if I was different

Wonder what it would be like if I couldn’t sing

What if I was born somewhere non American

Where there wasn’t cellphones

And high end medicine

What do I do with all this greed?

How much I wanna see myself succeed

How much I want you to see me on TV

How much I love publicity

I’m scared that I love me too much

Too much

Too much

Too much

Can you love yourself too much?

We all live such lonely lives

Material plastic ties

Commercially satisfied

From birth till the day we die

And I forget to pay attention

You would think I learned my lesson

But the years go by and I don’t change

I just complain and stay the same

I forget to pay attention

You would think I learned my lesson

But the years go by and I don’t change

I just complain and stay the same

The same

I stay the same

I stay the same

I stay the same

I stay the same

(Just like that)

I stay

I stay

I stay

I stay