Was That What You Expected Kid?

Who am I? What's the difference in the middle of the crowd?
Is there even a slight reason to feel this superiority?
What does stick out from everyone?
But what is everyone?
Is there anything special about...

The man that I’ve become
Have I really turned into what I pictured of myself as I was growing up?
I haven't read a proper book, watched a real movie in years
Sometimes I fear the messy half is killing the rest of my time!

'Cause this life, I live today
Doesn’t allow me, doesn't allow me
'Cause this life, I live today
Doesn't allow to be the person I wanted to be

What would the kid that I was
Think about what he's become
I'm pretty sure he'd be pleased with that turn of events
I just need to reconciliate his dreams with a much more surprising reality
I'm sure I get the best from myself

’Cause this life, I live today
Doesn’t allow me, doesn't allow me
’Cause this life, I live today
Doesn't allow to be the person I wanted to be

And I'm stuck with an image of myself
Expired for many years
And I'm stuck with an image of myself
Expired for many years
I want it buried away
Stuck with an image of myself
Expired for many years
I want it buried away