Someone Else? (Remastered 2000/With Full Band)

When I fell from grace, I never realized

How deep the flood was around me

A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil

And the water left these scars on me

The chains I wore were mine, dragging me towards my fate

Planned for me long ago

I played by all their rules, went to their right schools

Who was I to question?

They used to say I was Nowhere Man

Heading down was my destiny

But yesterday, I swear

That was someone else, not me

Here I stand at the crossroads edge

Afraid to reach out for eternity

One step, when I look down

I see someone else, not me

I know now who I am, if only for a while

I recognize the changes

I feel like I did before the magic wore thin

And the baptism of stains began

Sacrifice, they always say

Is a sign of nobility

But where does one draw the line

In the face of injury?

I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroads edge

Looking down at what I used to be

A drowning man, trying to stay afloat

Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope

That there's something more than is seen

But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back

Looking back and I see

Someone else

All my life they said I was going down

But I'm still standing stronger, proud

And today I know there's so much more I can be

I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroads edge

There's a path leading out to sea

And from somewhere deep in my mind

Sirens sing out loud

Songs of doubt as only they know how

But one glance back reminds, and I see

Someone else, not me

I keep looking back

At someone else

Me?