Human

It had appeared they'd found their market
Too bad the buyers were content with being unkempt
They want to hold on to their grubby money
And revel in their disheveled state of funny

They're starting to become what they hate
And yet they still can't commiserate
Standing in a crosswalk with traffic looming
White lines surround while the pavement's consuming

What once was there to protect 
Has now become a way to deflect
Feedback, criticism, and all other forms of motivation
All so that they can maintain that dormant sensation

The one that tells them that everything's okay
The one that tells them tomorrow's another day
The one that tells them it's all part of a bigger plan
The one that tells them they're only human

They do it wrong, but auto-correct
They greet with disdain, but then treat with respect
They talk behind their backs in an effort to evade
The selves they fear up front, and wish would just fade

It comes as a welcome change of pace
They're floating downstream to get outta this place
Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink
Finding minds inclined enough, but no one seems to think

Little by little they'll all get there somehow
With the wherewithal and unknown know-how
Little did they know that more cliches would arise
But never a surprise did any of them surmise

Only a feeling that everything would be all right
Only a feeling encouraging them to fight
Only a feeling that they were apart of a bigger plan
Only a feeling that they were only human

An ever-evolving but never-ending story
That keeps getting darker and no less gory
It's filled to the brim with others' glory
But they grow tired as it grows hoary 

They each consume their lives by bidding their time
Stifling their own dreams as if they were crimes
Tire as they may of the never-ending story
They trudge forward towards someone else's glory

With ears gone deaf, and eyes gone blind
And hearts that don't know what it is they could find
They wander with souls so worn out by it all 
Just ready to sleep and succumb to the fall

They just wanted to know it would be all right
They just wanted to be told they were still worth the fight
They just wanted to know that tomorrow's not just another day
They just wanted to be told that it would all be okay
They just wanted to know that it was all apart of a bigger plan
They just wanted to believe that they were more than human...