Nothing New
Ethic Lyrics

This is just some things on my mind
I have thoughts that I want to share

A place I've come to that's hard to define
I can't exactly explain the place I am in

But I would like to invite you
I want to include you

To take a break and experience what you might do
I suggest you take a moment to think about your actions

If, once in a while, we looked eye to eye
Sometimes we need to communicate without words

Neither of us spoke, but we both tried
We can communicate through other means

To stare past the looking glass surface
We need to see beyond appearances

And educate our self through another person
We can learn from others

This is my life, you've heard it all before
You may have heard my story already

This is what's right and don't do that anymore
I know what is right and what not to do

Headaches originate from many directions
Problems come from different sources

The righteous congregate and parade their lessons
People who think they are always right like to show off what they know

I can't take this all-for-one agenda
I don't agree with the idea that everyone has to agree on everything

And I alone won't make this place any better
I alone can't fix everything

The reaction of he who loves
People who love react in a certain way

A surrounding environment through nothing that he does
A person's environment can affect them in ways they don't control

I am he and I will be whatever you would like from me
I am who I am and I can be what you want

Would you like to see what I've been around?
Do you want to know what experiences I have had?

A face surrounded by faces in the crowd
In a crowd of people, I am just one face

Sad but real, what I feel to be true
What I feel is true, even if it's sad

Found through the people I was raised to abuse
I learned from people who treated me badly

Without reach I overlooked the inner search
I didn't try to understand myself

And now I'm left nursing things that hurt
I'm dealing with pain now

This never works (This never works)
Things don't always work out

What age is this when we humiliate the innocent?
Why do we shame those who haven't done anything wrong?

Then cry for innocence loss
Then we regret what we did to them

Rebellion that circulates around the cross
The idea of rebellion is often tied to religion

Takes time to pause
Sometimes we need to stop and think

And on the very silence, holding this
In silence, we can find something meaningful

Head high as I question my acceptance
Even though I question whether I am accepted, I still stand tall

I'll find acceptance – Auh forget it
Maybe I won't find acceptance after all

Me giving advice has never really fitted
I'm not sure if I'm qualified to give advice

Just hard to explain but this song
It's difficult to put into words, but in this song...

Is hopefully something someone can build on
...I hope there's something others can learn from

Learn from my mistakes and steal my achievements
You can learn from my failures and successes

I really want to believe this person's decent
I hope this person is a good person

Full of diseases I sort them through
I try to cope with my problems

Filters I've developed by observing you
I learned how to deal with things by watching others

And I swear I can see these principalities
I can sense something greater than myself, like spirits or forces

Attacking me right now and it arouses me
These feelings are strong and intense

How my mind's battling, giving me some meaning
My inner conflict is giving me purpose

To blur the lines of reality and dreaming
I am struggling to tell what's real from what's imaginary

And I'm weaving in and out of this mess
I'm going back and forth in my mind

And I have yet to be honestly put to the test
I haven't faced a real challenge yet

I'm losing sign of what I was born to do
I feel like I'm losing sight of my purpose

Eat, sleep, and breath but that's nothing new
I go through the motions of everyday life

Just something I forget when egos are involved
I forget about my purpose when I'm too focused on myself

Something I accept while attempting to solve
I know my purpose, but I'm still trying to figure out how to achieve it

My steadfast curiosity
I am always curious

And the fear that there's nobody out there watching me
I worry that no one is paying attention to me

Here I sit alone in this room
Right now I'm alone

I'm moving with the current while looking to improve
I'm trying to better myself

Where I stand in this dwindling space
I'm not sure where I fit in

Where mortals are menacing
People can be dangerous

Reflections of things I wish to become
I think about who I want to be

Serenity strikes while I wait for the drums
I feel calm while I wait for something important

Leaving loved ones behind when I go
I worry about what will happen to the people I care about

Holding memories and releasing what I know
I hold onto memories while letting go of what I've learned

About the patterns within which I chose
I recognize the patterns I've fallen into

To grow up in as a novel approach
I'm trying a new approach to breaking free from these patterns

To mimicking individual opinions
I try not to just follow what others think

The genuine king of a familiar dominion
I am the leader of my own life

And I'm using this as an excuse
I'm trying to explain myself

For why I feel overwhelmingly confused
I'm confused and I'm not sure why

I watch you choose to follow me
I see that some people look up to me

Into the shadows of everything that we see
We are both exploring things that are unclear and uncertain