I know a girl from an island She stands apart from the crowd She loves the sea and her people She makes her whole family proud Sometimes the world seems against you The journey may leave a scar But scars can heal and reveal just Where you are The people

There was magic in the air it was everywhere that we touched down The carnival ride and the high we were on as it went around In case you don't remember It was us against the world and you swore girl that we'd never surrender But I still can't forget you

You laugh creating a lightness in my chest Your eyes they penetrate me (Your answer's always maybe) That's when I got up and left Like the angel you are They turn the lights down low In shadows hiding from the world Only coming out when it gets cold The

Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control There, high on the watchtower Keeping the peace Whatever that means 'Cause you see the world through Cross hairs and TVs don't you Ten foot walls built around us

Me against the world It's just me against the world baby It's just me against the world I got nothin' to lose With nothin' to lose Nothin' to lose,

Once upon a time I could take anything, anything. This isn't giving up, no this is letting go Out with the old dreams I've borrowed The path I carve from here on out will be my own The wind died The whole world ceased to move Now so quiet Her beating

They laughed at me wanting you But oh, you came through The odds were a hundred to one against me The world thought the heights were too high to climb But people from missouri never incensed me Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned For from hist'ry I had learned

I don't ask for much Truth be told I'd settle For a life less frightening, a life less frightening Suffering from something we're not sure of In a world there is no cure for These lives we live test negative for happiness Flat line, no pulse, but eyes

It's alright These whereabouts unknown Please know you can come home I long for the moment Our silence is broken It's alright now To the ends of this lost world You have marched and you have sworn To a tainted crown of thorns

Through chaos as it swirls It's us against the world Just erodes us in the rain Oh morning come bursting, the clouds amen Lift off this blindfold, let me see again Bring back the water, let your ships roll in In my heart she left a hole The tightrope