Recipe For Me

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[Verse 1]
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There are shouters and murmurers
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Loan sharks and burglars
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Who's good or bad, who's to say?
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Some are lost, some are searchers
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Some are givers, some are earners
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But why did they all end up that way?

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Is it nature at play or is it nurture?
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Is the teacher to blame or is the learner?
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I'm all at sea, I'm no authority on anything but me

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I couldn't tell you why I am who I've become
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But I can tell you the parts that make me up
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And you can calculate the sum
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I'll impart to you what I believe to be the recipe for me

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[Verse 2]
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Water
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First things first

You need a great deal of water to make me
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Sixty liters is roughly what you need
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It accounts for sixty-five percent of my being
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And cells
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My body's composed of trillions and trillions of cells
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Performing an assortment of missions
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And it's important to mention that they house my DNA
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Which makes me myself


[Chorus]
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There's an ebb and a flow
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I grow then I see changes
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There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements
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It's all much more uncertain than I thought it would be
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Who knew there'd be so many ways to be me


[Verse 3]
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Stories, audience or presenter
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Add scores of stories over a time
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A slew of silly videos I shared online
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And journals full of narratives I wrote at age nine

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And still I continue to write because I have more dreams to fulfill
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Tales I hoped to tell when I was younger
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Ideas that I haven't made yet but I will
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I'll find my way with my will

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[Chorus]
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There's an ebb and a flow
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I grow then I make changes
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There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements
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I'm so much more uncertain than I thought I would be
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Who knew there'd be so many ways to be me


[Bridge]
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Eggs
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You may laugh and that's great
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Your smiles are what make my day
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My self-worth's fragile like an egg
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When it breaks it's tough to put together again

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And salt
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A pinch of salt in my wounds
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When my friends have had enough of me
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It doesn't help that I'm lacking subtlety
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When I drop hints that I crave their company

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Alone it's hard to console myself
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When I feel so alone
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I feel like I disappear
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If I don't shout "I'm here!"
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If I don't make my presence known

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And if people see me here
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And find my face unclear
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Can I help them to see me better?
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I know I can't foresee the weather
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So will they accept me now or ever?
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Who knows
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I hope so

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But I'm good enough
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Whatever I face I can rest assured that better days await
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The path to happiness isn't a race
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I'll let my heart beat at its own pace


[Bridge 2]
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Sunshine
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Happy and bright
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It nurtures the earth with its light
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Its beaming smile helps buds to flower
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I'll take a dash of that for when friends feel sour

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And rainbows

A light shines through
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And every hue is on display
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Save a pinch of that for a rainy day
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And use it when the storm clouds go away


[Chorus]
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There's an ebb and a flow
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I grow so I make changes
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There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements
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I'm so much more uncertain than I thought I would be
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But I can see there's no wrong way to be me
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Now I see there's no wrong way to be me


[Otro]
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And I know putting this recipe to paper is unwise
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All of the ingredients are changing all the time
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I know putting this recipe to paper is unwise
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All of the ingredients are changing all the time
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Changing all the time, they're changing all the time
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Changing all the time, I'm changing all the time