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

If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know We drink the air but its so not the same Were

From this world All die young? Now when the White flames are burning flags We've been battered so hard that

Now we in this bitch Admit it get borin' with no me in this bitch What's a world with no I-G-G in this bitch? Even when my back against the wall I still don't know fear and won't shed a tear Cause when I think back, I've seen it all And everything that

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

Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all that defiles Don't you know? The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now Do you see the world in different colors? Do you see the world in black and gray?

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

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

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

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