Inspiration - Adolescents

Head in the clouds, a dreamer, they said

«Figure it out before you’re dead»

It came across not a question but a taunt

«What do you want?»

I want motivation, I want to aspire

I want the knowledge I desire

To measure up, to inspire

What have you got?

There’s gotta be more

Than a constitution

Restitution

Retribution

There’s gotta be more

Than an institution

Mind pollution

Absolution

I want to believe in something I can see

Something I can touch, someone I can be

I want the freedom that was stolen from me

What do you want?

I want words like freedom to carry real weight

Not something mass-produced, served on a plate

Something earned that no one can take

What have you got?

There’s gotta be more

Than instigation

Contemplation

Reparation

There’s gotta be more

Than agitation

A declaration

An inspiration

I want to believe

I want to believe in something I can see

Something I can touch, someone I can be

I want the freedom that was stolen from me

What have you got?

I want to believe

I want to believe in an inspiration

I want to believe

An inspiration