Someone Else ? Lyrics

When I fell from grace I never realized

How deep the flood was around me

A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil

And the water left these scars on me

The chains I wore were mine, dragging me towards my fate

Planned for me long ago

I played by all their rules, went to their right schools

Who was I to question?

They used to say I was nowhere man

Heading down was my destiny

But yesterday I swear that was

Someone Else not me

Here I stand at the crossroad's edge

Afraid to reach out for eternity

One step when I look down

I see someone else, not me

I know now who I am, if only for awhile

I recognize the changes

I feel like I did, before the magic wore thin

And the baptism of stains began

Sacrifice, the always say... is a sign of nobility
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But where does one draw the line in the face of injury?

I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge

Looking down at what I used to be

A drowning man, trying to stay afloat

Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope

That there's something more that is seen

But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back

Looking back and I see someone else

All my life they said I was going down

But I'm still standing stronger proud

And today I know, there's so much more I can be

I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroad's edge

There's a path leading out to sea

And from somewhere deep in my mind

Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how

But one glance back reminds and I see

Someone Else, not me.

I keep looking back at Someone Else... me?