Self starter since the age of ten   I didn't know I'd have to go down   Fighting down this road   Again class clown to a corner   I was bound a dunce cap wearing   Real God fearin' who never made a sound      I cut my head out of the classroom picture   And thought that I was the victor I was blind   Now I'm closer to the ideal complexion   Closer for my own protection, closer to the edge      I never thought that I could be so blind   A white shirt plaid tie wearing, child prodigy   Two steps from sanity   One from the edge      A glance away from a face that shatters me   As photogenic as a freak   Poster boy for the meek, pale face and week   God damn, my future looks bleak      I cut my head out of the classroom picture   And thought that I was the victor I was blind   I'm closer to the ideal complexion   Closer for my own protection, closer to the edge      I never thought that I could be so blind, blind