the feeling always stays the same Lyrics

I wanna run away to portofino

But I'd be happy anywhere that I'm not known

Call me the one to consider reconsider

Always wondering if I'm doing the right thing

I cut my hair I'll change my name

No matter how far I run away

The feeling always stays the same

Every time I try to reach out

And touch it

It always slips away

Sometimes I wish I didn't pick something so hard

I could just be teaching movie stars how to play cards

It's so hard to swallow when you're wrong

The kinda rage that turns you into king kong

Well you've come to my room

To prove the state, isn't afraid of me

Well, what an incredible burden that must be

To have to prove the state

Isn't afraid of an obsolete librarian such as myself

No, I'll tell you the reason you came

I don't fit your formula

I cut my hair I'll change my name

No matter how far I run away

The feeling always stays the same

Every time I try to reach out

And touch it

It always slips away

It's not about the numbers

It's not about the thrills

I just wanna smile as I pay my bills

If you found something

You liked a whole lot

Well wouldn't you give it everything

You've got

Your state has everything categorized

Indexed, tagged

You are the strength, people like me are the weakness

You control and order and dictate

And my kind merely, follow and obey

But something's gone wrong, hasn't it

I don't fit

Yes you fit Mister Wordsworth

In a few moments you'll be cringing and pleading, just like they all do

Oh yes indeed you fit

You've got a worthless, miserable little life

But you've also got an instinct for survival

And in a few minutes, when you feel life slipping away

When you feel that your survival is just a question of minutes

We'll see then which is the stronger Mister Wordsworth

The State

Or the librarian