The Graduate

When you were younger
You dreamed of being tall
But you discovered
Growing up just leaves you feeling small

While you were sleeping
Everything changed at once
You woke in the morning
Stepped into the stinging light of dawn

You are wandering through the wild
You are wondering
If and when you'll reach the other side
Weighed down by a heart of stone
Bound to a body of broken bones
Fragile and feeling alone
But the whole story hasn't been told

When you were younger
You saw all the world was yours
But you don't have the same eyes
And you cannot believe that anymore

You studied the pieces
Scattered around the room
Failing is fruitful
So long as we do not forget to move

We are wandering through the wild
We are wondering
If and when we'll reach the other side
Weighed down by our hearts of stone
Bound to these bodies of broken bones
We carry such similar loads
Turns out we are not alone

We could cling to comfort
Content to run in place
Frozen 'cause we fear the cost
But how could we expect to find out
Where we ought to go
Unless we get a little lost?

We are wandering through the wild
We are wondering
When, not if, we'll reach the other side
We share a heart of gold
We are a body of broken bones
When were we ever alone?
Together we'll make our way home