People mistake my loneliness for depth
people mistake my drunkenness for mirth
people mistake my recklessness for courage
and I remain drunk and afraid and alone

Not everyone can be a pioneer
I don't want to be a world-wide hero
just once I'd like to be
first instead of seventeenth

I'd take the cup and drink deep
climb up the hill no matter how steep
I'd dive into the deepest water
and I'd drown

Posted Monday, June 4th 2007