Fifteen years ago I karaoke'd to "Numb" by Linkin Park.
That year I felt a big change in my heart.
I turned fifteen,
but I would have never thought of the next big thing.
That same year, I said goodbye to my Father.
That year I was going to travel, much farther.
That same year, I said goodbye to my country of birth.
Some say culture shock is a kind of rebirth.
I hated leaving,
just as as I hated goodbyes,
but I had made a choice,
there was no turning back.
I couldn't feel myself when I sat on that plane,
was I merely going insane?
My out-of-body experience,
I was turning inside out-- I felt hideous.
But I wasn't alone,
just as the stars in the sky outside my window,
traveling together inside this weirdo,
were my parts well-known,
now part of The Collective,
my beautiful illness perfected.
That year I felt a big change in my heart.
I turned fifteen,
but I would have never thought of the next big thing.
That same year, I said goodbye to my Father.
That year I was going to travel, much farther.
That same year, I said goodbye to my country of birth.
Some say culture shock is a kind of rebirth.
I hated leaving,
just as as I hated goodbyes,
but I had made a choice,
there was no turning back.
I couldn't feel myself when I sat on that plane,
was I merely going insane?
My out-of-body experience,
I was turning inside out-- I felt hideous.
But I wasn't alone,
just as the stars in the sky outside my window,
traveling together inside this weirdo,
were my parts well-known,
now part of The Collective,
my beautiful illness perfected.
And now we fast forward fifteen more years,
and solidified our agreement is made.
Even though it gets hard,
we have each other,
the way it should be,
a bond of brother to brother.
To whatever life throws at us,
together fourteen strong,
no matter how we feel,
how lost,
we're kings on the throne.
I turn thirty today,
never would have thought we'd be together in play,
including Sister,
a puzzle piece of our Mister.
So to another birthday,
I hold my glass up in the air today,
as together we laugh and I give everyone their say,
together fourteen strong,
no matter what comes our way.
and solidified our agreement is made.
Even though it gets hard,
we have each other,
the way it should be,
a bond of brother to brother.
To whatever life throws at us,
together fourteen strong,
no matter how we feel,
how lost,
we're kings on the throne.
I turn thirty today,
never would have thought we'd be together in play,
including Sister,
a puzzle piece of our Mister.
So to another birthday,
I hold my glass up in the air today,
as together we laugh and I give everyone their say,
together fourteen strong,
no matter what comes our way.
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