progress is slow

progress is slow

it barely even moves

it flows like molten lava

a tiny bit at a time

progress is slow

it hardly ever improves

as it rises to the surface

of the back of your mind

trouble, on the other hand,

thinks it can outsmart us

but it only works to part us

in ways we can't ignore

but progress is slow

it barely knows we're here

it's like we've disappeared

still looking for the shore

progress is slow

you hardly can see it

hiding in the distance

nearly out of sight

progress is slow

but it still keeps on moving

pushing us onward

into the light

trouble, on the other hand,

keeps us on the ground

neither safe nor sound

it holds us in its grasp

but progress is slow

it fools us with its hiding

but all along it's deciding

that in time trouble will pass

progress is slow

but I know it is coming

out from the shadows

to show its face

progress is slow

but you've got to believe

it is there in the future

of the human race

this world

I cannot go out there

the world is too scary

for me to open the front door

I'm staying inside

it's too overbearing

I want to live like I did before

stuck at home

with no one around

nothing unknown

safe and sound

don't make me leave here

I can see

this world is not the place for me

lock the deadbolt

close the drapes

I'm staying indoors today

I don't need to run

or make my escape

I don't want to move either way

it's scary as sin

and frightening as hell

I'm staying in

I can't help myself

don't call my name

just let me be

this world is not the place for me

maybe someday

at a time I don't know

I will leave home sweet home

there is nowhere

for me to go

that's as good as a place of my own

head under the covers

in an unmade bed

maybe I'll discover

what lies ahead

but until that time

at home I'll be free

this world is not the place for me

if I sleep

if I sleep

wake me up

in case anything happens

I may look like I'm sleeping

but I'm really just waiting

for my life to begin.

I have been awake

but nothing is breathing.

everything seems to be 

running in place.

nothing moves.

so I might as well sleep

but remember wake me up

if something happens.

all I can do

all I can do

is what I must do

100 percent

all of the time

all I can be

is what I've been through

fearfully waiting

at the scene of the crime

I have been wishing

for somebody else

to be the replacement for you

but it don't do no good

nobody could

and now I don't know what to do

all I can say

words get in the way

of everything 

I'm trying to tell you

all I can see

is you in front of me

I'm safe

I have nothing to sell you

I have been waiting

all of my life

to fill the hole inside me

where my heart should be

it's easy to see

all the damage that you provide me

          damn this heart

          I'm falling apart

          is there any way you can help me?

all I can be

is an example of me

nursing a broken heart

I'll make it through

whatever I do

won't rip me apart

I have been wanting

a reason to live

where I don't think about you

now I am strong

I can get along

I can do everything

without you

all I can do

is what I must do

100 percent

all of the time

if I were a child

if I were a child

I would be playing

with a hose in the backyard

getting all wet

not caring about clothing

enjoying the water

when you are older

you start to forget

that life was once different

and more at ease

you learned everyday

as you jumped into leaves

if I was a child

that's what I'd do

and I'd try to be

best friends with you

if I were a child

sometimes I'd be crying

when life would hand me

a bit of bad news

but then I'd be happy

wide-eyed and laughing

the world outside me

had ways I could choose

like time at the TV

or playing outside

or games where everyone

runs, jumps and hides

if I was a child

the world would be new

and I'd try to be

best friends with you

you were a baby

you were a baby

once upon a time

you were born innocent

you had committed no crime

you laughed when you were happy

you cried when you were sad

you trusted both your parents

'cause they were all you had

now you're all grown up

but the question comes again

you were a baby

what happened way back then?

you were a baby

a long time ago

you've learned a lot since then

but there's so much you don't know

back then, you had your instincts

they told you what to do

but you don't have the memories

that should be in front of you

now you're all grown up

your childhood is all gone

you were a baby

but you still haven't moved on

          therapy and medicine

          are what you do to live

          when you don't know what happened

          there's no one to forgive

you were a baby

it's a natural fact

you can try to remember

but there ain't no going back

but somewhere deep inside you

you're still feeling all the pain

and the problems and results

are all that remain

now you're all grown up

and it's still the same old song

you were a baby

and somewhere

somehow

something went wrong

new day

I want a new day

I want a morning

that I am happy to be in

I want a new day

one with some hope

that maybe the good guys will win

I know that here

is a place we don't belong

everything we know

is turning out all wrong

and it will be so

until we find a way

to live in this world

I want a new day

I don't belong here

I should be some place

where freedom still lives on

our leaders have deserted us

worthless pieces of shit

scattered on a new-mowed lawn

I know this country

is filled with anger and hate

we must reverse the tide

before it's too late

the time is drawing near

as we sink into decay

we can't go back again

I want a new day