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With a steady stance and a weighted walkI set out at dawn to see what I was made ofAnd the sun cast shadows, which obscured my faceAnd my head was pounding for the human raceI had a song to base my carbon footprint onSo I dropped to D and sang it in a different keyAnd I saw complete as the secret became clear to meI ran off like a petty thiefTrying to feed his familyWith finger foods so fittingly I foldedI dropped to my kneesI declined to ask the time or date or towns I'd passedI relied instead on all the things that I'd been handedI met a man and I shook his weathered, hardened handI avoided blame as I hid behind my passed down last nameI had a choice to make and a risk to takeI drew a line and I set a foot on either sideAnd I stood as long as it took the battle to be wonThe past and future raged along while nature's nurtured privileged pawnStood timeless in the parking lot of the local suburban shopping mallI dropped to my knees and I put my faith in the concreteIt took half a million years, but I figured out what will not save meSongtexteWith a spit-shined sheen: alive, prepared for anythingI signed a lease; I am older than I used to beI am older than I used to beI got to my feetWith a pregnant pause in the ending I was dreaming ofI'd admit defeat rather than defer to something I can't seeI parked my car in a place that I have been beforeI am still the same, but different in so many waysI dropped to my kneesI am stronger than I used to beI got to my feetI am farther than I used to beI dropped to my kneesI am smarter than I used to beI got to my feetThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differentlyThe same, the same, but differently Aus Songtexte Mania