The Realist

from Playgrounds by Josh Aroesti

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I like to think that we stay the same
We don't
We are constant

We change like ice to water
Like old people get shorter
Like English Summer sun in to rain

And I guess we have to face it
We don't all stay the same
In everything but name

You'll grow up
Becoming who you want to be
You'll grow up
Change to who you ought to be

And I will have no say
People always change
Please remain the same

And I will have no say
People always change
Please remain the same

I like to think that man is good
(So are you deaf, or blind, or?...)
But it's not all bad
(Oh right, so I'll put you down as unrealistic? Clueless? Idiotic?)
We try and change what's broken
We're not all too outspoken
Lots are tollerant of everyone
(Okay, so that's clueless)

And I guess we have to face it
Not everyone's the same
And not just by their names

We grow up
Becoming who we're told to be
We grow up
Change to who we want to be

And I will have no say
People make mistakes
Make choices that are sane

And I will have no say
People make mistakes
Make choices that are sane

You'll grow up
(And I will have no say)
Becoming who you want to be
(I will have no say)
And I will grow up too
It happens to the best of us

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from Playgrounds, released January 6, 2014

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