MORNING PRAYER
I woke up this morning and I...
...I decided to stay for a while
It's not the way I thought
This all would be

It's all so confusing
This life that I lead
When I think I've got it made
It never goes my way

I woke up this morning and I...
...had no reason to open my eyes
My life means more to me
Than what you're offering

It's all so amusing
This lie I've believed
Now I know I've lost my way
God, please answer me


YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND
In Roman candlelight -
You extricate your mind
You're taken to new heights -
It seems you've got a way
To swallow broken hearts -
This leaves me in the dark

You might understand
I think I understand
You might understand

People in the streets -
Fighting for their lives
Unprotected beings -
Voices in their heads
Crying to be free -
To find their destiny

You might understand
I think I understand
You might understand

Living in the past -
Fading Memories
A scrapbook full of dreams

You might understand
I think I understand
You might understand


THE EXCEPTION
I never took for granted -
The pictures that I sold
It's always something special -
For me a heart of gold
Tell me I've no reason to be afraid
Tell me I've no reason

You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception
You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception

This puzzle piece I'm missing -
Seems to go unnoticed fine
It's hollow in this space unchanged -
The mystery is mine
Tell me I've no reason to be insane
Tell me there's no reason

You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception
You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception

You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception
You always look for someone to take the blame
You think you're the exception


NO TIME
As I woke up early today
The sun was shining so bright on my face
The joy of sleeping late had gone
I must find some way out of this place

There's no time
To live my life so free
No time
To be where I want to be

Tomorrow always comes too fast
I feel as if I'm losing the race
If I could find some peace of mind
I can't keep up much more at this pace

There's no time
To live my life so free
No time
To be where I want to be
There's no time
To live my life as me
No time
To be who I want to be


SOUTHARD PARK
"There's nothing like the years gone by"
You walk away and say
If you could change it all around
It's something to pretend

And if you could recall
The days when you were small at Southard Park...

It's hard for you to smile sometimes
At the thoughts that lay behind
I won't ever change your mind
There's nothing more to say

But if you could recall
The days when you were small at Southard Park...

If only you could find your way
Back home again, my friend

You were always so afraid -
To try and understand
Why the world is the way it is -
Unkind, yet so sublime

If you could recall
The days when you were small
And if you could recall
The days when you were small at Southard Park...
At Southard Park...


HOW DID I GET HERE?
It's five in the morning -
And I'm half asleep
Without a warning -
I'm way in too deep

I'll wait for an answer -
I'll wait for a sign
How did I get here -
This new life of mine

The day is half over -
In boredom I dwell
I'm just one step closer -
In losing myself

I wait for an answer -
I wait all the time
How did I get here -
This new life of mine, mine
La la la, la la la la

The nights are much colder -
I'm all out of sync
I'm feeling much older -
Too tired to think
 
I pray for an answer -
I pray for a sign
How did I get here -
This new life of mine
Oh, how did I get here -
This new life of mine, mine
La la la, la la la la


CARNIVALISM
A carnival is in my mind
It takes me away
It's here that I begin to see
The beautiful caged minx

A carnival is in my sight
It needs me today
My thoughts swirl round, I think, I think
How fragile dreams speak


BE MY GUIDE
You will take me for -
A writer in the sky
To never ever lose -
Yourself inside my eyes

With nothing else to do -
But paint in all the lines
If it's not for you -
Then hide away that smile

Take me far away
Won't you be my guide
Then I will be fine

Appearing in the show -
Is all that I will be
To turn me inside out -
A trick you'll never see now

Take me far away
Won't you be my guide
Then I will be fine
Take me far away
Won't you be my guide
Then I will be fine
Then I will be fine


HERE FOR ME AND NOT FOR YOU
It's time to breathe deep -
And put your mind at ease
It's been a long time -
For me a lifetime

To go through days in peace -
Would comfort your beliefs
I can't remember -
A time that I was

Here for me and not for you
I know it sounds completely mad

Have you ever tried -
Forgiving those who might
Remind you of - Someone who is

Here for me and not for you
I hope it sounds completely mad to be
Alone inside a world of fear
And doubting all you see

Here for me and not for you
I hope it sounds completely mad to be
Alone inside a world of fear
And doubting all you see


TURN AWAY
He's watching on the TV
A story of the world
Sits down in his favorite chair
But turns away

He wonders about the deal
Anxiously awaits the call
All his plans made in advance
But turns away, turns away

And if I should ever feel afraid
Then I will forever turn away

He listens to the radio
A broadcast of the world
Gets up to make a drink
But turns away

He speaks for the very last time
Then lets himself unwind
He said his last goodbye's
And turned away, turned away


Words and Music by Ian McGlynn
© 2004 IEM Music (BMI)