Building A Better Me

Superficial nature wearing thin
 I can't seem to begin
 What really do I see
 When I stare back at me?
 As crushing time reveals my foe
 Inheriting all woe
 Solutions in the past
 Conditioned not to ask
 It's what you're meant to be
 Your name and number
 Be all that you should be
 You will recover
 Things you haven't lost
 'cause they don't see you
 Like you think they do
 Please just become you
 Release your fear is what he said
 This all came to a head
 Feel cheated and abused
 Traditioned follows through
 Though I can't see how this will end
 I know that you will always pull me through
 It's what you're meant to be
 Your name and number
 Be all that you should be
 You will recover
 Things you haven't lost
 'cause they don't see you
 Like you think they do
 Please just become you
 {Mankind: That word should have new meaning for all of us today}
 {We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore}
 {Go ahead and run}
 {Run home and cry to mama}
 {Me?}
 {I'm through runnin'}
 {You cant be happy all the time, that's life}
 {Take it back}
 It's what you're meant to be
 Your name and number
 Be all that you should be
 You will recover
 Things you haven't lost
 'cause they don't see you
 Like you think they do
 Please just become you
 It's what you're meant to be
 Your name and number
 Be all that you should be
 You will recover
 Things you haven't lost
 'cause they don't see you
 Like you think they do
 Please just become you
 My soul went searching for a cause
 But came back empty-handed
 The emptiness you see
 Building a better me