Circumstances

A boy alone, so far from home

Endless rooftops from my window

I felt the gloom of empty rooms

On rainy afternoons

Sometimes in confusion

I felt so lost and disillusioned

Innocence gave me confidence

To go up against reality

All the same we take our chances

Laughed at by time

Tricked by circumstances

Plus ça change

Plus c'est la même chose

The more that things change

The more they stay the same

Now I've gained some understanding

Of the only world that we see

Things that I once dreamed of

Have become reality

These walls that still surround me

Still contain the same old me

Just one more who's searching for

A world that ought to be

All the same we take our chances

Laughed at by time

Tricked by circumstances

Plus ça change

Plus c'est la même chose

The more that things change

The more they stay the same

All the same we take our chances

Laughed at by time

Tricked by circumstances

Plus ça change

Plus c'est la même chose

The more that things change

The more they stay the same