(Hello?) Uh... mission control? I’m a passenger behind my eyes Working gears I barely recognize Every nerve’s another switch I hit Half the time I’m only guessing it Someone must have lost the manual Nothing here feels automatic at all Everybody acts like they got the rules Maybe everybody’s making them up too I missed the briefing, missed the cue Still got dropped here next to you If this is normal, tell me why Nobody knows what they’re doing tonight Call mission control This whole planet’s out of control Everybody’s running wild Then acting like it’s worthwhile I came here looking for a clue Now I’m more confused than when I flew If Earth is home, then somebody explain Why nobody here can operate their brain (Oh no!) What did I land into? (Oh no!) Am I supposed to know what to do? I learned the phrases, learned the jokes Learned when I’m expected not to choke Still I miss a signal now and then Then replay the whole damn thing again One wrong word can follow me for days So I calculate a hundred different ways To keep a careful distance from the crowd It hurts less when nobody gets allowed I built the doors, I made the locks Turned every room into a box Safety works until you find You’ve locked yourself inside your mind Call mission control This whole planet’s out of control Everybody’s picking sides While swearing they’re the civilized kind I came here looking for a clue Now I’m more confused than when I flew If Earth is home, then somebody explain Why nobody here can operate their brain (Oh no!) What did I land into? (Oh no!) Am I supposed to know what to do? Some days I drift behind my face Like someone else is in my place I cross the room, I hear my name But nothing in me feels the same The glass returns somebody strange A shape I never got to arrange I want a home I recognize Somewhere I don’t have to improvise But where would I even go? I’ve searched every coordinate I know Maybe home was never someplace far Maybe I’ve been looking past where we are Call mission control I think I’m done with losing control I don’t need to pass your test Just to prove I can exist like the rest Maybe I’ll never learn the rules Maybe half of them were made by fools If being human means nobody knows Then maybe I’m as human as it goes (Oh well!) I never learned what I should do (Oh well!) Maybe neither did any of you Still a visitor behind my eyes Still surprised I made it here alive I don’t need to know just where I fit Maybe being here is enough of it [End: radio transmission cutoff]
