Name: King of High School
Duration: P00H05M43S
Description: This strack represents the proud strut of someone stuck in their high school past. A fear I had at the time was feeling like a big fish in a small pond only to realize I'm a nobody in the ocean of life, and what that would do to my future. I fell deeply into that trapped way of thinking.

King of High School

from Autopilot by Mitchell Thompson

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This strack represents the proud strut of someone stuck in their high school past. A fear I had at the time was feeling like a big fish in a small pond only to realize I'm a nobody in the ocean of life, and what that would do to my future. I fell deeply into that trapped way of thinking.

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I'm king of high school,
I walk these halls that still remain forever built inside my brain,
The kingdom I still rule,
Even after all these years have passed since I was in 12th grade,

Rad King of High School,
Too bad your jersey no longer fits,
At least you'll always have your crown,
Sad King of High School,
Your dad was king before you too
That's why he never left this town,

King and queen, what does it mean?
How do these memories help you?
Same routine since seventeen,
Your future is long overdue,
Take your past and make it last,
These days when you were most happy,
Cause here my dear your only fear
is the fear of being lonely.

Try to remember,
How life was so much simpler then,
When all you needed were your friends,
What clothes should you wear, What kind of music is really cool,
The king of High School knows all the trends,

The days you wasted on myspace,
just looking at old pictures,
when you needed to proceed into,
A stage of growing mature,
Oh King why don't you spread your wings,
You can't just live there only,
While stuck here my dear your only fear
is the fear of feeling lonely.

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from Autopilot, released November 1, 2010

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Mitchell Thompson San Francisco, California

Solo artist/songwriter, working on various forms of rock and folk, mainly in the form of concept albums.

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