[Intro: Christina Ricci]
If only my life could be more like the movies. I want an angel to swoop down to me like he does to Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" and talk me out of suicide. I've always waited for that one moment of truth to set me free and change my life forever. but he won't come. it doesn't happen that way
All the therapy, fights, anger, guilt, rave, suicidal thoughts
All of that was part of some slow recovery process
[Verse 1]
Yeah!
I kinda figured
That if I made a song about my dad
It would ruin my dinner
Yeah it's too cliché
It kinda gets me high in a sick way
I don't like it
But you gotta see
That everything that feels good ain't always good for me
Should I stop talking bout my father?
No one ever listens so why even bother
Maybe someone will finally get the message
Or maybe people try to learn the life lessons
I've been teaching
Or the dreams I've been reaching
People think that my music is all fiction but they don't see that I'm cooking in kitchen
With only spatulas and knives
And all I try to do is change lives
Of the kids that don't have hope
The power of God
I can be the next pope
But I can be a wreck
Don't look up too much
You can really hurt your neck
And you gotta slow it down for the people that never understood
That what they thought was bad
Was really doing good
For their heart and soul
Don't forget the mind
We gotta reach the goal
To cure the cancer from within
Just tell the little kids
To lift their little chin
And keep going
I can see the sparkle in their eyes
And no matter what disguise
It keeps glowing
(Instrumental Break)
[Verse 2]
I guess you can say that I'm like the others
Trying to make it
One tape then another
Then another one
Then another one
Just trying to teach the kids how to reach
The sun
Just by having fun
Be creative
Do something innovative
And be manipulative!
In a good way
We are the new generation of yesterday
And yesteryear
I haven't gone this deep since Crystal clear
And I keep hearing people say
STOP!
BUT I KEEP GOING!
And I'mma keep flowing
Until my dreams start floating
And there's some kids that want to fight
For their life to take flight
In the clear ultra light
Beam
But it's not what it seems
It brings tears to my eyes
Just to hear their mother cry
I think God gave me a reason
To give a tissue for the people to sneeze in
And it's sad to hear the kids wheezing
I gotta speak my mind
I think it's that season!
I'm saying that the kids need somebody to look at!
And every time I look at them
They can't even look back because of all the shame
That they got from the game
But all that is about to really change
When I rearrange
But you can't lock me in a cage
And don't tell me that I can't be the guidance
But out of respect for the lost
Let's take a moment of silence
[Bridge]
Yea...
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
Poof poof be gone!
I see the devil longer on.....
[Verse 3]
Yea...
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
Poof poof be gone!
I see the devil longer on.....
Yea...
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
Poof poof be gone!
I see the devil longer on.....
Yea...
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
Poof poof be gone!
I see the devil longer on.....
Yeah!
I don't want to win
As long as I can do the work within
Lord let me in...
I feel like you're my only friend
Oh (3x)
I feel like you're my only friend
Oh (3x)
I feel like you're my only friend
Oh (3x)
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
Poof poof be gone!
I see the devil longer on.....
Yeah!
Life is like that
Beat me up and I'll fight right back
Poof poof be gone!
[Outro: Christina Ricci]
The same way I went down
I came back up
Gradually, and then suddenly...