See Something Say Something

I've got everything I need
but often I feel so incomplete
the water's come up to my knees
as it rises I'll sink to the rambling reef
maybe when the big flood comes again
I'll have learned how to swim by then

I'm not sure if it's okay
for someone my age to act this way
to hold on to yesterday
to be holed up in memories on replay
they're heavy now and when I carry them around
I'm older than the trees
older than the rocks and leaves
I'm older than the breeze, honestly

I've been watching all the skies
the clouds in the morning and the stars at night
I seen something on the rise
I put that into melody
and scrapped it out of spite
it's weighing on my conscience
so I wrote this song to say
nothing here is wrong
everyone keep shopping
keep on dropping off your kids at TVs
stringing them along
I am seeing now
I'm a creature of this culture
and this emptiness I fear
it's not doubt of my ability
or a lessening of empathy
I just have not bought anything today

I should get some rest
but the fire in my belly's burning something on my chest
tomorrow I'll be giving it my best
I'll be giving though this world just takes and takes
til nothing's left
nothing here is sacred
no, it's all on billboards now
even I'll be selling out
by this time next quarter
when the borders are parallel
with the bargain basement aisles
automatic acquisition
got a tragic disposition?
don't go dishing out your sorrows when
they're just dollars you've yet to spend