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Building A Better Me Lyrics by Dogwood

Reverse, Then Forward Again

2000

[Verse 1]
Superficial nature wearing thin
I can't seem to begin
What really do I see
When I stare back at me?
[Verse 2]
As crushing time reveals my foe
Inheriting all woe
Solutions in the past
Conditioned not to ask
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
Release your fear is what he said
This all came to a head
Feel cheated and abused
Tradition follows through
Though I can't see how this will end
I know that you will always pull me through
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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 can't be happy all the time, that's life
Take it back
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
My soul went searching for a cause
But came back empty-handed
The emptiness you see
Building a better me
Credits
Dogwood

Dogwood

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"Building A Better Me" appears on "Reverse, Then Forward Again" in 2000.

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