Not Another

Today, I took a step in front of the other,

Set my eyes unto the ground.

I was just another

King lost under his crown.

I set out on that hardened road

With my fists clenched and passion burning my eyes.

I could feel the stone beneath my toes

As I walked a passerby.

And I looked up to the sky,

Saw the sun on the horizon.

The path I'd walked for so very long was before me,

Leading me to the past.

I turned around,

I turned around,

I turned around,

And took a step in front of the other.

I will not be another.

Today, I fell to my knees,

My vision lost beneath the tears.

They stained the ground.

I made no sound.

My hands, they shook;

I reached up so high.

Someday, I'll see clearly

As a passerby.

And I looked up to the sky,

Saw the sun on the horizon.

The path I'd walked for so very long was before me,

Leading me to the past.

I turned around,

I turned around,

I turned around,

And took a step in front of the other.

I will not be another.

Today, I wanted to run away--

Get lost among the crowds--

Become some nobody

from some nothing of a town.

I started out the door,

Was prepared to make my leave,

But I took a second,

And I thought to myself,

Then suddenly...

I looked up to the sky,

Saw the sun on the horizon.

The path I'd walked for so very long was before me,

Leading me to the past.

I turned around,

I turned around,

I turned around,

And took a step in front of the other.

I will not be another.