There Are Bigger Things To Worry About Than Personal Tragedy

from The Day I Learned To Look Up by Kieran McRobben

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lyrics

So here I am sittin in this flat barely big enough for two
thinkin about my future and what I've still got to do
then I look outside the window and the world is lookin like a wheel
stil it feels like it moves too fast, cos I don't know what I want to do
and even if I figure out, my mind will still be filled with doubt
thanks to this legacy that education left with me
this self fulfilling prophecy
honestly, I feel as if I've become exactly who you thought I'd be

In years from now, will I prove you wrong?
Will my mind and body be as strong
as I think they need to be
to support a family and still enjoy life
to the best degree?
I hope for the best that I'll soon feel free
from the way society has captured me
cos right now I'm trapped in a cage of capitalism
and this animosity is killing me

Back then you made me feel like a joke,
so I acted it.
I didn't ever think that despite the fact I hated you
You'd make me who I am today and I can't thank you enough

I realise now that those childish seeds of doubt
are what every human being needs
to rise above catastrophe
to be the man he needs to be
to realise his dreams
and a cheesy as it sounds
we need conflict to rise against
and evil to overcome
to become who we really are inside

Because humans are like butterflies
except some people never come out of that shell
to realise their beauty
they stay hidden and struggle to survive
and that's a bigger tragedy that me disliking my teacher in primary five.