Help Yourself

When I walk in your shoes
I understand a man confused
They're much too big, but I don't care
I feel the weight your shoulders bear
Now I really empathise
Looking through your bloodshot eyes
And I know you... you're so frustrated
But we all become what we once hated
Besides nobody can be that wise

I can't help you if you won't help yourself
I can't help you if you don't help yourself
You can only get so much from someone else
I can't help you if you won't help yourself

You got a degree in philosophy
So you think you're cleverer than me
But I'm not just some drama queen
'Cos it's where you're at, not where you've been
So what do you expect from me
To hold your head above the sea
And carry you even though you're bigger,
don't you know you crush my tiny figure
And anyway we're still so young
And this isn't yesterday

I can't help you if you won't help yourself
I can't help you if you don't help yourself
You can only get so much from someone else
I can't help you if you won't help yourself

You might be twenty-five but in my mind
I see you as sixteen years old most the time
And I, I'm just a child and you're full grown
And you are like nothing that I've ever known
You are like nothing that I've ever known