Just what is "being yourself"?
Differentiate yourself,
By being "different from others"!
Is what I saw written, in bold letters on a magazine rack pamphlet
Just what is "being yourself"?
I never worried about it when I was a kid,
Getting mad when something bothered me
Saying I liked the things I was fond of...
But we change
The things we want to protect change
From a treasure that needs no explanation,
To social behavior we take just to be understood
The more adult we become,
The more we turn into creatures of regret...
But you know, even so
There’s surely something to be learned there
So I'll be myself,
And you'll be yourself
I really don’t think it's something,
We have to start over from the beginning to find
I'm not you,
And you're not me,
That's why we disagree, or join hands;
Even love can sometimes grow there –
That's just how it works
I wonder what "being yourself" is?
There are eternally precious things out there,
So a life full of change is the right way to go
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