https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaauFMbk10c
Listening to my iPod while out for my walk Tuesday morning, I was
struck by the following pair of lines:
The disappointment
of success
Hangs from your
shoulders like a hand-me down dress
And, shortly thereafter, by the second iteration of the chorus:
So look into the
mirror do you recognise someone
Is it who you always
hoped you would become
When you were young
When I got back home, I wound up deciding, for the first time, that the
complete lyrics deserved to be enshrined in my blog. (Thanks to LyricFind.) Interesting note – this tune
only ranked #14 when I put together my list of favorite songs from one
of the most underrated rock bands of all time.
Look at the fool you
have been
They drained the
pool while you drowned in the dream
They bought your
beauty and your soul
Then softly sold you
back what they stole
So look into the
mirror do you recognise someone
Is it who you always
hoped you would become
When you were young
The disappointment
of success
Hangs from your
shoulders like a hand-me down dress
And down nostalgia's
rocky road
You watch your
former lovers growing old
So look into the
mirror do you recognise someone
Is it who you always
hoped you would become
When you were young
Sometimes your lack
of sympathy gets hard to explain
So on your mask of
make up just paint
A little parody of
pain
So I look into the
mirror and I recognise someone
It is who you always
hoped you would become
When you were young
