I was downtown late last night I was walking 'round last night Passed a man, we locked eyes It hit hard, there goes time A stranger once in your life And whispered with his shiner eyes he wanted to be Me and I, him, my only shine Your entire life is wiped clean from the bathroom window You etched out in the steam What about him, though? And when I take step outta me towards the stranger The muscle suit pumps, it feels like second nature Original men, a clear and present danger Don't you wish you could be somebody else? Somebody else Somebody else Somebody else I'm crawling out of my skin Saw me through the eyes of The world Laying on her stomach, she was looking at me Opened eyed, but so chain me now And deep in her is a reflection of me But I can feel how you feel right now And something dominates me, holds my hand to the fire Young man vs. another kind Every single step that you take is just another one back Another step to take back, another regret You just gonna let fear take that? Just gonna let fear take that? You just gonna let fear take that? You just gonna let fear take— Back in the shell, my life in the cave People go by, I smile and wave But deep down inside, there's always that fear That I'm not enough, I seem cavalier But it's all an act, I'm cold 'cause I'm weak And deep down inside, there's nothing unique But man is mold, and nothing is new So why not release and let it come through? 'Cause I'm fighting the flame, I'm gasping for air I'm back as a big man with panache and flair Back to the egg, it's crimson and gold Crimson and gold I'll follow the rules and do what I'm told Can one be great, can one be kind? When history shows they're not intertwined So what will you choose, your heart or your pride? Could you really be so self-satisfied? I'm crawling out of my skin Saw me through the eyes of the world Could you really be that self-satisfied? I'm crawling out of my skin Is that you? Is that the child who's afraid in you? Stop, is that you? Saw me through the eyes of the world The world, the world, the world The world, the world, the world The world, the world, the world