Lyrics

Living a small life Lost and afraid In a safe Familiar place It's boring here But when the world Graciously offers to change I hope it stays the same Spending the daylight dreading the setting sun Because I slept too late And the nights dreading the coming light Because the dark feels safe Reading an old book I walked through an ancient house Alone Pleasantly surprised By my own familiar face Sketched in dust On an empty mirror By a long gone hand I laughed And Disappeared... Suddenly bursting from the earth Calmly inhaling the fresh night air In a dimly lit graveyard Walking out into the world Covered in dirt, feeling clean Being guided by the light of a long-dead star Feeling grateful for my leisurely chores At ease Enjoying life at the grocery store Floating just above the heat of the crowd Untouched but still attached Both feet on the ground A balloon bouncing across the ceiling… Dragged by my three year old hand Affording a comfortable feeling Everything according to plan Then it hit the light And I heard the sound of a bubble bursting And I hit the ground Age 9, a Mel Gibson fan, screaming "FREEDOM!" At the top of my lungs Jumping off a high dive And then age 25, saying "Yeah, but what's Freedom mean without Risk?" Locked in a safe… (Chickenheart.)