Maybe its alright things are changing all around me Even the night time doesn't seem to last as long And the simplest things they're all sent here to confound me I open my eyes and another day has gone Even my friends they're all starting to lose their patience Because they can't pretend they haven't noticed something's wrong And I don't wish to seem ungrateful or ungracious When you say that life's too short while I'm thinking it's too long It's too long Sometimes I wish that my heart Would stop beating for a while Close my eyes make me smile It's only a ticking in the darkness That keeps me from my dream To do what I do And be who I've been Maybe its alright that so many have been forgotten Even the light is only searching for somewhere that it can rest And each new thing that's born will of coarse one day be rotten It's got nothing to do with who is cursed or who is blessed Even my friends they're all starting to lose their patience Because they can't pretend they haven't noticed something's wrong And I don't wish to seem ungrateful or ungracious When you say that life's too short while I'm thinking it's too long It's too long Sometimes I wish that my heart Would stop beating for a while Close my eyes make me smile It's only a ticking in the darkness That keeps me from my dream To do what I do And be who I've been And there's a light shining far away And it gets a little brighter day by day By day Sometimes I wish that my heart Would stop beating for a while Close my eyes make me smile It's only a ticking in the darkness That keeps me from my dream To do what I do And be who I've been I said to do what I do And be who I've been