Taking a Page

I can see it in the way
 That you are the painted
 Flowers in the big parade
 Flowers in the big parade
 Deep inside your heart
 Staring at the sky
 Calling out the shapes
 Clouds make as they pass by
 And first they thank you by pulling out your tongue
 And you apologize for being where you're from
 But I could hear the animals painted on the cave
 And I was taking a page
 From my own mistakes
 It was an empty book
 Until I took a look
 I was taking a page
 From all the time I spend
 With a vanity
 That knows no end
 The many unknown thrills
 Hard to translate
 Time yer all the time
 Elegant heart rate
 She would look at her
 Non-linear
 As she reaches in her pocket to find
 All of human-kind
 I'm in my Free Tibet shirt that's made in China
 With evolution's last jumping off point behind you
 But I've got an infinity of things left to refuse
 And I was taking a page from Carole King
 You're so far away
 Doesn't anybody stay?
 I was taking a page from remembering
 There's so many things
 Right there under my skin
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 Wandering through a world
 Neither of us understands
 And when you think you just can't stand it
 Zoom out and see the planet
 'Cause love is a little like
 Crowd surfing in an empty club
 Oh, that's a little bit like
 Something a lot like love
 But things could really be much worse
 At least there's smiley face
 But I can't take no more
 Guitar-solo or car chase
 Words tend to mean the most in songs that are just music
 Do you ever think that colors say
 "Hey, who's your favorite human?"
 But I was stranded in the place of my favorite details
 And I was taking a page
 From my imaginary life
 Where I'm a good housewife
 Yeah, that sounds nice
 I was taking a page
 From never feeling like
 I was a girl or a guy
 But I had to try