Nowhere

Crammed up against the window pane
Turned inside out
I don't know what to call that feeling
Don't know how to live
And maybe
We all try
But we're really getting nowhere as we breathe

Staring at the girl who's got a simple life
There's a family and something to eat
And comparing her to the starving child
Why don't we realize that her life could be worse
Why don't we look from the inside
Do we really even try
We're really getting nowhere as we breathe

And I don't know how to put my hand right up on that feeling
I don't know how to explain it with words
But couldn't we all try
Just to realize
Not be so obsessed with MINE
We're really getting nowhere as we breathe

To look at someone and criticize
To the point where we're giving ourselves away
Can't anyone think
Or are we all just way too human
And we're really getting nowhere as we breathe

How am I supposed to look back
How am I supposed to cry
We're all entranced in our own little dream
With that matter-of-fact little tone
It was just September yesterday
We're really getting nowhere as we breathe

An A+, a commitment, she won three games in a row
Is that all I am to you
Is that all I've done in my life
Can you not look at me and say that I tried
Why do we only look from the outside
If that's all we are to others
We're really getting nowhere as we breathe

And we're humans of all sorts
Containing ourselves in our precious bodies
Kneeling down and throwing up
And looking at things through only our eyes
We're really getting nowhere as we breathe