(I Am) What I Am Not

by Idlewild

From the album: The Remote Part

Track 5 of 11 on The Remote Part (2002).

Duration: 2:43

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Lyrics for (I Am) What I Am Not

Calling places, collecting careless Sentences I write them down So I ignore them, and you should too, you should ignore every word Is calling what you can surrender The only way to really learn That the alphabet made up the words You could never resist to quote If all this wisdom is true Then I doubt it could really have come from you Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not So there must be something more then If I am just a thought I'm not Faster than the destination Of knowing where you really are Is where you've always been Or is it where you began And happiness, did it happen Sooner than the doubt it cost you You learn from the mistakes that I taught you If all this wisdom is true Then I doubt it could really have come from you Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not So there must be something more then I am what I am not, If there's nothing more then I am what I am not, I am what I am not There must be something more then If I am what I am not Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not There must be something more then I am what I am not, I know there's nothing more then I am what I am not, I am what I am not I know there's nothing more then If I am what I am not

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