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