I took a look in the mirror
Couldn’t be clearer
This old disguise
I gotta throw off this chain mail
Take out these rusty nails
That keep me tied, they keep me tied
Up in moods
That bring me down
Or ancient ghouls
Still hanging around
I’m stepping off the ride
I’m throwing out my highway shoes
Ain’t got no time for baby blues
Can’t sit around and wait to die
Cause I got no more tears to cry
I quit my tossing and turning
Now every morning
I wake up blind
I moved back into my heart
My head went dark
The wave of me became the sea
As I take
The backward step
I see things that haven’t happened yet
I’m stepping off the ride
I’m happily but without the ever after
Got peace like a river that’s flooding through the rafters
And oh, somehow I still know how to swim
I don’t know who taught me how
And I wish they’d take a bow
Still don’t know what I am
Not quite a miracle
More like a muddy
Fleshy
Hairy
Alien
Can I see from this new view
Can I sleep without a roof
Can I still enjoy the ride
I’m throwing out my highway shoes
Ain’t got no time for baby blues
Can’t sit around and wait to die
Cause I got no more tears to cry
I’m by myself but not alone
No longer waiting by the phone
Don’t need no friends I just get high
Cause I got no more tears to cry
And without them who am I?
Cause I got no more tears to cry
And without them who am I?
And without them who am I?
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