Let me play the fool once again
let me drive myself mad, insane
because I have my fate to reassure
I must set myself up for failure

Set me up so I will fall
tear me down when I stand too tall
Cause I have a place within myself
A little corner on a dark, dusty shelf
where although solitary, it is safe

Let my pages 'nare be opened again
because the text is empty on the wane
the meaning lost amidst self contradiction
never clear in purpose or in diction

Set me up so I will fall
tear me down when I stand too tall
Cause I have  a place within myself
A little corner on a dark, dusty shelf
where although solitary it is safe

And though my accolades may ring true
Though I may be admired by some...
the light does not seem to be coming through
though I am loved.... I still wish to be loved

by you