Temporary (lyrics)

Tell me what to make of something else
Tell me what to make
I won't pretend to be someone else
I won't pretend to be fake

They tell me imagination is temporary
But I think intelligence is nonsense
They try to make me everything I crave to be
But I crave to be everything

I cannot lie here
I cannot stare at my ceiling
I cannot bear
I cannot bear these chains

Tell me what to be if not someone else
Tell me who do I choose
I am the bigger person in this conversation
Although I will fill your shoes

Lying is easier
Than trying to think of the truth
I speak more naturally from the corners of my fingers
Than with the mouth I use

Try tell me imagination is temporary
Well I think intelligence is nonsense, nonsense
Try to make me be what's temporary
Well I want to be permanent

Slow down with your ambitions
Slow down with your needs
Slow down make sure I'm catching up with you
Because you're what I need

Try tell me imagination is temporary
Well I think intelligence is nonsense, nonsense
Try to make me someone else, someone else's
Try to make me what I can't be

Imagination is...Not temporary
Intelligence is...me