Dream is Destiny

Trapped inside this dream of Waking Life
The only way I can escape is taking flight
Because I need to finally reach my greatest height
I just hope that someday I’ll make it right

The screen said to me: “dream is destiny”
on a morning when I couldn’t find the best in me
after a long night that didn’t set me free
because I found out I’m not yet who I expect to be
Analyzed all the things that I ignore
they used to be the things I would kill for
Priorities changed, life always meant more
than just passing out on a porcelain pillow ’til four
I’ve got some growing up to do
I’ve gotten too comfortable
That’s why there’s a part of me that wants to move
to a place where I can start something new
But the other part of me is terrified
at the thought of shared goodbyes
looking at my friends through teary eyes
before I leave and take a chance on a paradise
There’s a war inside me I’m not safe from
I’m a pacifist, but from this battle I can’t run
Clash between what my heart and my brain want
Should I stay or should I go? When will I wake up?

Trapped inside this dream of Waking Life
The only way I can escape is taking flight
Because I need to finally reach my greatest height
I just hope that someday I’ll make it right

Spent my life searching for inner peace
But I couldn’t ever kill the beast
That lurks inside my soul and convinces me
To act on my self-destructive tendencies
I’m addicted to addictions, not to mention masochistic
So when I have a problem, I don’t even wanna fix it
I love to bear my burdens, I just hate to feel them lifted
Because I view my pain as being a form of penance
I tell myself I’m better off alone
Anti-social, I’d rather be at home
than be with people who I’ve never truly known
avoiding conversation, fake texting on my phone
My ideas could change the world
But I’m too scared to say a word
In order to one day be heard
I need to change me first
I just hope it’s not too late
I just hope it’s not my fate
to be the one who they always say
could’ve had it all but he threw it all away

Trapped inside this dream of Waking Life
The only way I can escape is taking flight
Because I need to finally reach my greatest height
I just hope that someday I’ll make it right
Make it right (x4)

To do that, I need to make it right now
At this point, I should be in front of hype crowds
I got caught up in living that rapper lifestyle
But I wasn’t rapping, I actually put the mic down
I stopped writing, I started sipping
I stopped recording, I started tripping
My soul was worn out, I kept slipping
I know that some of y’all noticed the difference
But even if you would’ve said that I changed
I’d have probably laughed it off without accepting the blame
Cause there’s no clarity in a perpetual haze
I was hiding from the truth in a self-designed maze
But I forget that every wall was a mirror
So when I saw myself, it couldn’t have been any clearer
I seek solitude whenever good things get nearer
My screams are beautiful but nobody can hear ’em

Trapped inside this dream of Waking Life
The only way I can escape is taking flight
Because I need to finally reach my greatest height
I just hope that someday I’ll make it right