The Phoenix

Here I am, 38 years a man, 38 years to become this man

And one day I'll be nothin' but footprints in the sand

And I don't know if I can

Carry on standin' in a land, I'm damned

I keep offerin' you my hand

It took an entire lifespan to understand that

A million mistakes faced with a million billion trillion apologies, no difference makes

You 'n' I are not the same, none of our synapse fire the same

Segregate 'n' ignore the strange, there's too much change

I'm on the last draft of the last page

And it's almost over, time is tickin' out

Now I see the smiles for what they are, they're just crooked mouths