Things lately all seem so tragic The self-destruction's been gathering Memories I'm hardly fathoming Did they happen to me or someone I used to love that sounded like a piece of me leaving? Every seven years, these cells are replaced My body is part soil, part water, part garbage, maybe part you Where did the DNA information travel? Did I hold on too tight? Did I harbor it? I don't know Have I grown to love the world around me because I built it? Did I allow myself to experience life or just an echo chamber for the wicked? I guess I never asked what would happen if the doctor got sick Because to me, healers were never people, they were part of a service, and now I'm scared I've abused it So where do good people go when they die, the ones you reject? I wish you would disappear again so I could find myself I'll swallow my pride if it means I wouldn't be so afraid of hell Embellished or simply untrue When I look into a mirror, can I still say, "I love you"? Whatever whispered back "I love you, too," was my reflection ashamed of the words I've shared? When I turned on myself, will there be another pain to bear? And with all of this, I keep the curtains shut The sun reminds me of better days I don't think about it too much I keep my heart in my back pocket and my mind trapped in the strain And now I just take it day by day I miss looking up to Bill Cosby I miss innocence I miss being selfish I miss Gene Wilder and Garry Shandling I miss being afraid of marijuana I miss when my friends hated me I miss Jersey Shore I miss being afraid of the dark I missed my grandma's funeral to play music for 15 kids I miss not having to hate myself to feel like I'm balancing out the score I miss not being sick I miss the pity I got when I was sick I miss loving those around I miss embracing hope I miss when my heroes seemed perfect, but thank God they've been called out, 'cause I'm not living in the sickening ignorance I miss me I miss myself I miss feeling lovely I miss feeling loved I miss feeling love I missed three calls from you because I was watching TV Not even a show I liked, just a show that I got sucked into One of those shows about home renovations I hated it, but I had to know if the seafoam tile in the bathroom would come in under budget I miss the bad weather I miss excuses I miss the smell of a dinner being cooked for my whole family under one roof I miss blank stares from across the room I missed my moment to love you the right way the first time and I'm still beating myself up for it I miss a lot of things I miss nothing I miss the nothingness that comes with missing nothing But I miss the something I feel when I miss something Or everything, or nothing I miss skating I miss watching you sing, even though I never heard you do it before I miss those nights when my knees would hit the bedroom floor, 'cause I still believed in the power of praying I miss the days where I didn't believe in prayer at all, 'cause there was no guilt I miss watching Boy Meets World with my babysitter He's the one who showed me P.O.D. and since then, I've been much happier I miss me I miss myself I miss feeling lovely I miss feeling loved I miss feeling love And someday, when my bones are dust, and my DNA's been spread through the garbage behind your house, I hope you also miss me The first time one of my friends started smoking cigarettes I thought, "This is the end of him, he's gonna lose himself in this" Not realizing a pack a day was common for the people around me I was just blinded to it 'cause it never happened in my own family And I was afraid of perspective Now I'm afraid of perspective And I'm afraid of perspective And I'm afraid of perspective 'Cause it'll chase me [?] "If it is human nature to reject struggle, then I reject nature. We have become so soaked in irony, we are starting to drown" "If it is human nature to reject struggle, then I reject nature. We have become so soaked in irony, we are starting to drown" "If it is human nature to reject struggle, then I reject nature. We have become so soaked in irony, we are starting to drown" ... Death is not a moment in our lives Death is constant And our lives are a moment So when we choose to spend our lives hating someone else It's a moment We hate something we see In ourselves