chances or changes

I feel my brittle bones connected to crashing cities
These places I've been are the places I am
A piece of me resides within the homes and the streets
Every out of town gas station I've entered
Every place where I bought something
I think I've lost myself in each of them
It's kinda like bookmarks
Like highlighted sentences
A way of keeping up the count
To remember who you are
To remember where you are
A way of remembering where you've been
I've been too many places
Now I have lost my most important elements
The chances of ever getting them back
Slim to none
The chances of even entering these places again
Even slimmer
The souls of the sightseers have been seized
But it's "strictly for safety"
This is why we lose ourselves
When the places we travel have more of us than we do
Most of us don't have the time to become Pacman
We can't hit the road for the next week to collect our ghosts
This is when we must gather the pieces of others
Go to a gas station or a library or hotel
Swallow the old spirits of forgotten tourists
We are what we eat
Never collect the demons of the dead inside
Strip clubs, porn theaters, whorehouses
Never go to a place where you would've never went
You'll end up being someone you don't wanna be
They will sentence you to surrender
And you will be nothing to anybody anymore
So in closing I would like to say
We change faster than clothing lines
We never die with our original lineup
The bitter can become the bland
The sweet can become the sour
The hero can become the heartless
History can become her story
We must never become this
Before you go grabbing up the pieces of past people
Make sure you're still present
Find out who it is you want to be
The greatest tragedy is becoming someone you don't
People find and lose themselves daily
I wanna find those lost people
I wanna peel away my dead skin
I wanna join the hall of fame of the forsaken
All of my current selves are making a bid for the future
I will search every state for every slice of salvation
People tend to part ways with their old personalities
I am saying hello to them to become a better person
I just hope this will be as easy as it was to lose myself
postcards from the people i don't know
"wish you were here"