Congratulations, you have made it
You have finally, graduated
To some kind of, understanding
Of what you're doing, how you are maddening
And the reasons, for your actions
And your salf-destructive attractions
They're often gone now, but they're moving on now
And you seem to know that, there's somehow

This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
Could it be me!

Everybody's, been trying to tell you
Friends and family, but it never got through
You were working, on something else then, that being young and, independent

This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
Could it be me!

This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
Could it be me!

This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
This is not the real thing
Could it be me!