The homework piles up, and so do our patience.
What do i do? Will i do this, or that?
We go through all that trouble and pain,
For what? Just numbers on a sheet of paper

We do learn. We do study.
But numbers on a paper doesn't define who you really are.
You can be just as creative or intelligent as the next guy.
But i don't think we have to go through that much trial
to get a nice grade.

We focus on the numbers printed on paper.
Numbers.
Numbers don't define us.
Numbers don't say who we are.
But yet that's all were focused at.
The numbers on a sheet of paper.

We become so lost in this trial,
That when we get back to ourselves, we've already gone too far.
Too far to turn back.
For numbers on a sheet of paper.

I'm not telling you to stop trying hard,
But to stop focusing solely on that small card.
Try your best in everything. That's what counts.
Don't get lost in war,
For those numbers on a sheet of paper.