Shallow

Some distant music bends my ear

Away from what you wanted me to hear

I'm floating for a second, words hang in the air

I nod knowingly to cover up

Got a right to be upset

When I haven't even paid you basic respect

But sometimes I try to get into your head

Only to find no one home

Bathed in your breath, jimmied open by your prying eye

Everything empties out, can't you tell I'm floundering

Don't listen too close, you'll hear me rattling around in my shell

Can't you tell I'm floundering, I'm just like you

I talk to myself, but I catch it

Before anyone can see my lips move

I doubt myself, I fake a swagger

No one ever sees me faltering

Do I seem too humble for you

Do I stumble too much for you

Don't bore me with anything deep

I'm just as shallow as you

If you could eavesdrop on my inner voices

And hear the hollow laughter as I trip over my choices

Maybe the ridicule would seem familiar

Maybe you're just like me

You've had a weak heart, you've sensed blank fear

Forgot who you were, worried how you'd appear

How about cutting me some slack next time

'Cause I'm just like you