"Philosophy (Shelved First Attempt)" lyrics

Won't you look up at the skyline
At the mortar, block, and glass
And check out the reflections in my eyes?
See, they always used to be there
Even when this all was grass
And I sang and danced about a high-rise
And you were laughing at my helmet hat
Laughing at my torch

But go ahead, you can laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
It keeps my feet on the ground
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
My phil—
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down
—osophy

I see that there is evil
And I know that there is good
And in the in-betweens I never understood
Would you look at me? I'm crazy
But I get the job done
Yeah, I'm crazy, but I get the job done

Well, and I say go ahead, you can laugh all you want
'Cause I got my philosophy
It keeps my feet on the ground
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
My phil—
It keeps me walking when I'm falling down
—osophy

I pushed you 'cause I loved you guys
I didn't realize
You weren't having fun
And I dragged you up the stairs and I told you to fly
You were flapping your arms, then you started to cry
You were too high, you were too high

Well, now you take this all for granted
You take the mortar, block, and glass
And you forget the speech that moved the stone
But it's really not that you can't see
The forest for the trees
You never been out in the woods alone

So you can laugh all you want to
But I've got my philosophy
It keeps my feet on the ground
And I love you, you're my friend
But you got no philosophy
My phil—
And now it's time for this song to end
—osophy