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 and 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 feel the cost

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