Deliverance - Book Ends lyrics

Forming the water around me / I was protected from the truth Innocent cries / A child's closed eyes / How I was to know A normal life growing up / Taught wrong from right / The does & don'ts Then the world's sphere got off it's spin / And threw me in a new mold I'm on the shelf At 15 I fell in love / And ran away from life I didn't know how to feel / But what I felt sure felt right 5 years later / I met this girl / And she showed me the light The plot twists and turns / Leaving one for the other In order to be saved? Now I stare at the readings of my life Page after page / They don't paint a pretty picture of me Eyes wide / As I pull another book from off the shelf When does the heartache end / Of a life torn between These 2 book ends Life is a tale told by a fool / Signifying nothing I thought what I did was right / By leaving the past behind But now all I see is a trail of pain and misery So I beg you to search your heart / Or might your books read like these Now they stare at the readings of my life Page after page / They don't paint a pretty picture of me Eyes wide / As they pull another book from off the shelf When does the heartache end / Of a life torn between These 2 book ends...