The Letterman Jacket
I've come to realize the little things,
Like how people only say "Bless you"
Unless you've made a name for yourself.
Or, how coaches who double as teachers
Give special privileges to their athletes.
If you haven't made a name for yourself
Or if you're not an athlete
You get lost in the abyss of people
Walking in the crowd.
The letterman jacket and the jersey
Masks the athlete,
Therefore making them a shell.
And that shell is painted
With who they're supposed to be
And who they think they are.
But the people lost in the crowd,
Those who don't have a mask,
Or a shell,
They're an open book.
You can see who they are with a glance,
One sweep over their body.
They are the average that fall on blind eyes,
Their achievements falling on deaf ears.
All because of the letterman jacket,
Hiding a skeleton in a closet.
Like how people only say "Bless you"
Unless you've made a name for yourself.
Or, how coaches who double as teachers
Give special privileges to their athletes.
If you haven't made a name for yourself
Or if you're not an athlete
You get lost in the abyss of people
Walking in the crowd.
The letterman jacket and the jersey
Masks the athlete,
Therefore making them a shell.
And that shell is painted
With who they're supposed to be
And who they think they are.
But the people lost in the crowd,
Those who don't have a mask,
Or a shell,
They're an open book.
You can see who they are with a glance,
One sweep over their body.
They are the average that fall on blind eyes,
Their achievements falling on deaf ears.
All because of the letterman jacket,
Hiding a skeleton in a closet.