Graduation, end of childhood, moving on, end of fun   Tried to stay the same as always, I've succeeded, but what about you?   Tried to stick to my values to be proud of my future self   looked for my old friends, but they were gone   think i missed the sign to move on      I missed the train I missed the boat it sailed   Trials of adulthood, this round I failed   This is a song, an evaluation   of new experiences and tribulations, aggravations, alterations   Everyone's changed now, someone tell me why tell me how   I was just playing for fun Never cared who won I was the only one      Graduation, it's the end of the charade of innocence   Everything's changed everything's new your life begins it's all up to you   It's time to forget what's expected Take the helm you're through being led   Don't ask them because they will lie Think for yourself and don't ask why   Forget what's presumed Your life's an open book   All your planning should be for a smile when you turn back and look   I still don't know what path to take but don't want to sit out in the dark   I only hurt myself when I fake assurance about the mark   That I plan to make something to leave behind   That says something about my life other than wasted time   Friends will always be friends, Family will always be there   But they have lives like I have mine; to lean on them wouldn't be fair      If graduation was step one, then college was number two   I did it because it was the only thing to do   Semester one, had some fun, met a kid, made a friend   Passed my classes, got a job, five bucks an hour, I got robbed   What did you expect? Just as programmed as the next   Until I realized all the lies I was viewing my future   Through someone else's eyes I had no one as my guide   All my incentive died Couldn't figure where it all applied   Simply high school magnified   Making decisions for the security of having answers   But they weren't real, not the way I feel   A mask of happiness, a mask of direction   A mask that makes things look right   Though with a totally different complexion      I went to them I asked them why   Had explanations   At least they tried   "It's just the ways things have to be"   sure it sounds nice   but I'm sorry I asked why