Ritual Talk - (shell) Lyrics

What's in a name besides just what you're called?
Is it what you've been?
Or what you still are?
What's in a face besides your smiling eyes?
Like your shining mind or your love of wine
Do you remember how you used to be?
Now you are different, but your name tag doesn't agree

It's only a shell
It's just as well
That it doesn't dictate you at all
You're no piece of paper from the city hall

All I can figure is who I am now
Don't ask of tomorrow as if I know somehow
It wasn't long ago I realized my prospects aren't waiting, they're as close as my heart allows

It's only a shell
It's just as well
That it doesn't dictate you at all
You're no piece of paper from the city hall

Is it a guideline
Is it a theme
Just a suggestion or a category
Just pretty adornments before you can see what you really can be