Years of simply growing to the light by the window barred and small Nobody came to greet me, nobody came to meet me Nobody came at all Years of simply growing to the light understated as my truth I was a student of a rough-hewn I was a lover in a dorm room Now I'm not Oh, I'm sitting there I'm certain everything I know is a lie Oh, I'm sitting there I'm certain everything I know is a lie Bad behavior put me in the dark, I'm a solitary son I know exactly where the times goes And how the ticking in my mind slows Oh, I'm sitting there I'm certain everything I know is a lie Oh, I'm sitting there I'm certain everything I know is a lie