Advice From A Caterpillar

Who are you?
Who are you?
A tenant. I don't suppose you're the super?
Who are you?
Who are you?

Apartment 8-A as in Alice. Look, I can't
Seem to find the service elevator
But I'm hoping that whatever comes down
Must go up
Who ... Are ... You?
Who are you?

Identity is a tricky tricky business
You think you're somebody till suddenly you're not
You're not your name, and you're not
Your address
'Cause the you who you remember is who you forgot.

Hey, heed this advice from a caterpillar
I know a thing or two of metamorphosis
Fools' paradise is you standing stiller
While the river rushin' 'round you
Is the thing you miss.

The way you talk sounds like
A fortune cookie
Instead of how things really are.

Well, pardon me, let's take a look and see
How the you that you been workin' workin'
Out so far?
Life is like jazz, things are always changin'
Just when you learn the tune it's time
To modulate
Razz-a-matazz riffs are re-arrangin'
When the melody is simple then
Dont't complicate.

It seems to me you only speak in riddles
And never answer me at all.

The more things change, the more they
Stay the same
From a distance you look smaller but
You're just as tall
So who are you? I'll repeat repeat
The question
Are you prepared to tell me what you're
Lookin' for?
You need a clue, well then here's
My suggestion
If you can't see what's in front of you then
Look some more...
Hear what I'm sayin', girl? You think
We brought you here
So you could sit back and relax?

Be you ever so quick, with vision keen
By your eyes we are never seen
Unless perchance it should come to pass
You see our reflection in a looking glass.

Tell you whatcha do
Ev'ry time or two
While you're passion' through
From your point of view
Find out "Who are you?"