A Fine Day To Exit

For too long now There were secrets in my mind For too long now There were things I should have said In the darkness I was stumbling for the door To find a reason To find the time,the place,the hour Waiting for the winter sun And the cold light of day The misty ghosts of childhood fears The pressure is building And I can't stay away I throw myself into the sea Release the wave Let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon For you and for me Where I was I had wings that couldn't fly Where I was I had tears I couldn't cry My emotions Frozen in an icy lake I couldn't feel them Until the ice began to break I have no power over this You know I'm afraid The walls I built are crumbling The water is moving I'm slipping away I throw myself into the sea Release the wave Let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon For you and for me Slowly I awake Slowly I rise...

When the world stops running and looks me in the eye and starts to answer all my questions why when God is patient and so am I I’ll be happy When life goes simply from a to b and the pearly white flags are flowing free hope not blood is the story that leads I’ll be happy When my teeth stop hurting and my bird stops hissing and my doubts go missing I’ll be free ooh, ooh I’ll be happy When my teeth stop hurting and my bird stops hissing and my doubts go missing I’ll be free ooh, ooh I’ll be happy When then is now when then is now when then is now when then is now When our children's tears are not black stains and our brothers and sisters don’t die in vain when our mothers are free to breathe again I’ll be happy When we breathe in love and not bad air when we call you friend anywhere when our politicians really start to care I’ll be happy When my teeth stop hurting and my bird stops hissing and my doubts go missing I’ll be free ooh, ooh, I’ll ...

So much for my happy ending Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh... Let's talk this over It's not like we're dead Was it something I did? Was it something You said? Don't leave me hanging In a city so dead Held up so high On such a breakable thread You were all the things I thought I knew And I thought we could be You were everything, everything that I wanted We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away All this time you were pretending So much for my happy ending Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh... You've got your dumb friends I know what they say They tell you I'm difficult But so are they But they don't know me Do they even know you? All the things you hide from me All the shit that you do You were all the things I thought I knew And I thought we could be It's nice to know that you were there Thanks for acting like you cared And making me feel like I was the only one It's nic...