A WHILE AGO
I HEARD THE SOUND OF
CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER
NOW IT'S QUIET
SO, I GUESS, THEY LEFT THE PARK
THIS WOODEN BENCH
IS GETTING HARDER
BY THE HOUR
THE SUN IS GOING DOWN
IT'S GETTING DARK
I REALISE I'M COLD
THE RAIN BEGINS TO POUR
AS I WATCH THE WINDOWS
ON THE SECOND FLOOR
THE LIGHTS ARE ON
IT'S TIME TO GO
IT'S TIME AT LAST
TO LET HIM KNOW
I BELIEVE IT
WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY
YOU LOOK BEWILDERED
AND YOU WONDER WHY
I'M HERE TODAY
AND SO YOU SHOULD, I WOULD
WHEN I LEFT
I FELT I'D HAD ENOUGH
BUT IN THE SHAPE AND FORM I...
APPEAR NOW
I HAVE LEARNED TO COPE
AND LOVE AND HOPE
IS WHY I AM HERE NOW
AND NOW YOU SEE ANOTHER ME
I'VE BEEN RELOADED, YEAH
I'M FIRED UP
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
I'M LIKE A DREAM
WITHIN A DREAM
THAT'S BEEN DECODED
I'M FIRED UP, I'M HOT
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
I'M NOT THE ONE YOU KNEW
I'M NOW AND THEN COMBINED
AND I'M ASKING YOU
TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND
I'M NOT THE SAME
THIS TIME AROUND
I'M FIRED UP
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
WILL YOU LEAVE ME
STANDING IN THE HALL
OR LET ME ENTER
THE APARTMENT
HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL
I'VE GOT TO SAY I'M GLAD
ONCE THESE ROOMS WERE
WITNESS TO OUR LOVE
MY TANTRUMS AND INCREASING
FRUSTRATION
BUT I GO FROM MAD
TO NOT SO BAD
IN MY TRANSFORMATION
AND NOW YOU SEE ANOTHER ME
I'VE BEEN RELOADED, YEAH
I'M FIRED UP
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
I'M LIKE A DREAM
WITHIN A DREAM
THAT'S BEEN DECODED
I'M FIRED UP, I'M HOT
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
I'M NOT THE ONE YOU KNEW
I'M NOW AND THEN COMBINED
AND I'M ASKING YOU
TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND
I'M NOT THE SAME
THIS TIME AROUND
I'M FIRED UP
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN
YOU ASKED ME NOT TO LEAVE
WELL, HERE I AM AGAIN
AND I LOVE YOU STILL
AND SO, I WON'T PRETEND
I HAVE LEARNED TO COPE
AND LOVE AND HOPE
IS WHY I AM HERE NOW