I've lived a thousand lives

I have lived a thousand lives
and knew the road to take
but I always tripped in the same ditch
and never glimpsed what lay beneath
do I trip again or do I escape?

I have seen a thousand people
being the same person
The man with gloomy eyes, I recognize him
not him alone, but countless like him
Girls laughing, I listen to them
not these girls, but others like them

A kid with ruined dreams, I observe him
not his eyes, but his hopes grim
I have seen it all, in this nightmare
the wheel of life, spinning a lie

I have seen them all before
and I despise them all