• *Try to imagine an acoustic guitar playing*

    When I was young I tried to look at the best,
    When I was young I didn't know the rest...
    When I was young I tried know a lot,
    When I was young I was an astronaut....

    When I got older I looked at a girl,
    When I got older I took a look at the world,
    When I got older I got some referrals,
    When I got older I went in a corner and curled,

    I was even older and I wasn't so neat,
    I was even older and I couldn't stay in a seat,
    I was even older and I ignored my grades,
    I was even older and I couldn't change,

    A few years ago I tried to look good,
    A few years ago I dated a chick,
    A few years ago I only wore a hood,
    A few years ago I felt more sick,

    A year ago a girl cheated and left me,
    A year ago and I got 3 D's
    A year ago I was depressed and didn't know me,
    A year ago it got harder to see,

    Up to now I know who I am,
    Up to now I can perform to a crowd,
    Up to now I do good on my tests
    Up to now I can learn to be my best,

    You can't change,
    If you're not changing,
    and you can't learn,
    If you don't try to,

    You can't get guts,
    Until you try to prove them,
    You can't be the best,
    until you've seen your worst.

    You feel like an alien,
    because that's all you're acting like,
    You feel unwanted,
    because you won't be anything better.

    If you don't start out inspired,
    You have no inspiration to keep going,
    And the truth about all this is....
    You aren't "you" until the end.

    You can't keep telling yourself different,
    You can't still tell yourself different,
    You can't tell yourself different,
    You can't tell different....

    You can't tell the difference between me and you,
    Because you don't know me,
    and I don't know you,
    That's why I've been confused...

    Because you was my head,
    and my was my heart,
    and the hardest part,
    was that I couldn't tell them from apart...

    Don't rely on hearts....
    Never rely on hearts.
    Because you can only think,
    with your brain...

    Use it.