Methusela - The Smashing Pumpkins

What’d your father say to you

When he reached right through you?

Did he say the things that he had learned

From his father, too?

So when do you become your own you

Become your own you?

Or are you just a shadow of something new

We are Chinese boxes

Equal parts present and past

Where do I begin and end up?

Saw those old eyes staring right back at me

So tell me what you need

I’ll be watching out for you

There are no enemies

Only dangerous friends

You grew up very fast

I didn’t think I’d miss a thing

'Cause nothing ever lasts

A wise old man

A wise young fool

A wise young man

A wise old fool

Try to understand

(A wise old man, a wise young fool)

(Notice me, comfort me, understand me)

Just try to understand

(A wise old man, a wise young fool)

(Notice me, comfort me, understand me)

What’d your father say to you

To turn you cold?

Father never quite grew up

He just grew old

And if I was to say to you

You know I love him still

Would you think less of me

For hating me?

We are Chinese boxes

Equal parts present and past

We are so unconscious

Saw those old eyes staring right back at me

So try to understand

I’m just like you, and you me

Exactly who I am

Might escape you always

The fortunes of a man

Are the debts of the son, always

A wise old man

A wise young fool

A wise young man

A wise old fool