"Your Story"

   You told the world your story
   In a language long forgotten
With pictures from a scrapbook
    Of memories misbegotten
Like a snapshot from tomorrow
   Or a song from yesterday
You told the world your story
  Like you'd never go away

You sent the world a postcard
Of a visit to the sea
   Standing near the rumbling tide
     You flashed the sign of peace
But off behind the swaying palms
      Deep down in the sand
  You dug a hole of burning rage
       You'll never understand

You played the world a ballad
   A composition from your past
Of stolen dreams and broken hearts
      Never meant to last
  But at the end of every day
     When you lay your burden down
   You'll find the ghosts you thought were gone
    Forever stand their ground

You showed the world a copy
  Of a fine agreement signed
       That if you shake, I'll also shake
       And all will be just fine
       And no matter who we might become
      Or who we'll never be
  The clouds will pass, the sun will shine
   We'll live in ecstasy

  But the world will tell our stories
  In the way that it decides
The struggles and the victories
The places that we hide
The grand designs we'd penciled in
     To lead us to our dreams
      Yes, the world will tell our stories
        And it's never what it seems


So, you told the world your story
    And you gave it all you had
    You tried to keep it happy
    Yet somehow left it sad
  But when it's all been said and done
   With all you've had to say
   You've told the world your story
        And it's just another day