imagine all the people living for today
cause you was never like me
you was always trying to impress others like fuck it
but deep down your soul is crushing inside me
and all i can think of is what really really defines me
your true self is something you can't deal with
walk around like you don't feel shit
and that's fake and i don't like it
so be real with yourself as i write this
and then it might just sink right into your mind sense
you're losing people around you
too smart for your own good
you're like five simons in one dennis
imagine all the people living for today
i don't like the fact that you keep me hidden
you're an act just to fit in
this ain't really what i wanted for you
your friends made you what you are
really think i'm kidding?
you're drowning me inside this misery
maybe if you didn't lock me inside like you did to me
i wouldn't hurt you if you didn't keep on hitting me
by bottling everything inside
this is why i pick at you
look inside that fucking mirror and tell me
that it ain't clear that you're alone and you can't bear
the fact that everyone around you is going somewhere
and you're stuck here dazed with a blank stare
your stress is killing you
is that a grey strand of hair?
watch as life passes by as you're standing there
in line at the hospital waiting for medicare
imagine all the people living for today
as you sit there and you're writing on this third verse
i manifest in symptoms to show you that i hurt worse
i'm giving you exactly what you're giving me
you wanna live then you gotta start living free
put aside that someone else
take the mask off and deal the hands that you were fucking dealt
don't be ashamed of the person that you are
don't be so tense and strung up like this guitar
you're having an identity crisis
mister don't go and hide this
come on and bring me out and keep me out
come on the time is now so stop hiding out
pop the cork or break the motherfucking bottle now!
imagine all the people living for today
you won't inner peace til you find your inner self