This is a song about releasing false personas and being yourself. The main musical theme and some of the words came to me in a dream. - Robert
lyrics
Not Me At All
Don't be late, things are getting underway
Making time, taking steps to better days
Overdue, but I finally gave up waiting for the skies to change
Spoken words on the script before my eyes
Paging back, diving in-between the lines
Wondering how I had squeezed into those lies I know so well
But I'm tossing out, I'm laying down
All the tattered clothes that I'd been sporting around
Thought they'd spruce me up, look cool against the wall
But that's not me at all
In my hands all the things I long to see
A perfect fit, forming who I am naturally
My surprise, they've been waiting there for me
While I've been running back and forth
Through the trees in the dark to find the sun
Finally saw it's been there since I'd begun
Now I'm back to a place where all is
One, again
I'm skipping to the end
So I can start, again
It's time to live my life so if we
Meet, again
I might be with you and not lost at all
Stepping out, see the person that you knew
Hit the road - I'm finally coming through
Listen now of the new things that I'm saying to you
Don't drown me out, don't knock me down
Don't kick up dirt just 'cause I'm coming around
You can keep those doubts, old pictures on the wall
Don't drown me out, don't knock me down
Don't kick up dirt 'cause I'm coming around
You can keep those doubts, old pictures on the wall
That's not me at all
That's not me at all
That's not me at all
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