Peer Pressure

When we went to high school We’d do best to fit in And our popularity was measured greatly By the number of our friends We dressed up in the fashions That everyone would wear And only spent time listening To the gossip out there And our thoughts and our values Would always be in sync And our cliques controlled us And told us what to think And if anyone would deviate From the usual, standard norm They surely would be bullied And undoubtedly be scorned And now what does it matter What is the current trend Before it was important And now it reached its end And where are all the people That we were influenced by The ones that terrorized us The ones that made us cry They’re likely not accomplishing As much as what they thought And not absorbing everything That their lives have brought Renounce the uniformity And need for assimilation It leads to disappointment Resulting in frustration One time it was essential And vital to belong We now see its triviality And this doth makes us strong The burden of conformity Can be baseless and be unkind Stand out and trail your own road Your existence’s great design