"It's a song about, sort of, standing alone..."
-Ben
Won't you look up at the skyline
At the mortar, block, and glass
And check out the reflections in my eyes?
See, they always used to be there
Even when this was all was grass
I sang and danced about a high-rise
And you were laughing at
My helmet hat
Laughing at my torch
Go ahead and laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground)
And I trust it like the ground
That's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down
(Philo-so-phy...)
I see that there is evil
And I know that there is good
And the in-betweens I never understood
Would you look at me, I'm crazy
But I get the job done
I'm crazy but I get the job done
And I say, 'Go ahead, you can laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground)
And I trust it like the ground
That's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down'
I pushed because I loved you guys
I didn't realize you weren't having fun
And I dragged you up the stairs
And I told you to fly
You were flapping your arms
Then you started crying, you were too high, too high...
Now you take this all for granted
You take the mortar, block, and glass
And you forget the speech that moved the stone
And it's really not that you can't see
The forest for the trees
You never been out in the woods alone
So you can laugh all you want to
But I got my philosophy
(Keeps my feet on the ground...)
And I love you, you're my friend
But you got no philosophy
Now it's time for this song to end...
