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My Backstory

I'm here to fill you in on my backstory
I'm thinking most of you don't know
It's been twenty years now since I first fell in love
I think it's time the truth showed

I'm here to fill you in on the new constellation
I spotted when I was seventeen
It was shaped like a manta ray rising up from the mountain
And that's not the weirdest thing I've seen

But oh, oh, how is it possible?
Oh, oh, not to know in this day and age?
Oh, oh, just look in any newspaper
Oh, oh, it's me on every page

Me on every page

No, the weirdest thing has got to be myself caught on camera
Facing the opposite way from what you see in the mirror at night
Or else maybe the weirdest thing I've seen is a bully
Laying into some kid 'cause he feels small when his own parents fight

But back to me and my backstory
You've got to know I was one of those kids
Made me feel so small every time it happened
Tell ya I was one of those, but I won't say which

And do you think you know?
Do you think you know?
You think you do
Oh, but you don't

And how is that possible?
Not to know it all in this day and age?
Oh, oh, just look look on any newsgroup,
It's me on every page

Me on every page

When I was five, I saw a film I wasn't supposed to see 'til twelve
And when I was thirteen, I learned some things about myself
When I turned twenty-one I was so far away from home
Took me through 'til twenty-two to learn you can't make it alone

And back in the garage, I never had an entourage
One picture's not enough, so I made my own collage
Now everywhere I see unauthorized biography
If you want to know your roots, just read my backstory

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from The Reluctant Hook (and the day that caught it), released September 11, 2009

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