"The Very Thing That You Hate" lyrics

(Time creates odd mutations...)
(Finds you in lonely stations...)
The rehearsal, the performance
The young man that turns out to be a time traveler that's actually you
The very thing that you hate

I am lying in New Mexico
I am dying on the floor
I am making lists and taking names
Toothless as before
And a teenager stands over me
Though he wants to be a man
He's got a look that says "I can't be beat"
And I say "Oh, kid, yes you can"

He said "I built a machine and I came from the past, and I'm here because I have a couple questions to ask
Did you dance with Michelle?
Are you more than the faithless?
Or did you go and become the very thing that you hated?"

"I miss being a kid sometimes"
Is what I say to the judge as he ruins my life
And I'm no fool
And I'm no saint
And I know we all just become the very thing that we hate

So I built a machine and I came from the past
And I'm here because I have a couple questions to ask
Did you dance with Michelle?
Are you more than the faithless?
Or did you go and become the very thing that you hated?

Oh, it's just me, oh, it's just me
Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me
Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me
Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me

So I built a machine and I came from the past (Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me)
And I'm here because I have a couple questions to ask (Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me)
Did you dance with Michelle? (Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me)
Are you more than the faithless? (Oh, I know it's just me, oh, it's just me)
Or did you go and become the very thing that you hated?