Defying the Blueprint

They laid the blueprint on my desk

Four-year plan to pass the test

But all I see is lines on paper

A perfect mold I want to taper

I won't just wear the cap and gown

To blend into this sleepy town

(no, I won't) I

don't want a standard life of safety To compromise is to lose

myself completely I'm breaking out of mediocrity

To write my own geometry (yeah!)

They talk of security and quiet pride

But I have fire building deep inside

A degree won't save a dying spark

I'd rather find my pathway in the dark

I don't want a standard life of safety To compromise is to

lose myself completely I'm breaking out of mediocrity

To write my own geometry

Sorry to disappoint your dream

But nothing's ever as it seems

I'm stepping off the beaten track

And I am never looking back (never looking back)

No mediocrity for me...

Just my own path... (mmm-mmm)