I want to live in the world, 



not inside my head



I want to live in the world,



I want to stand and be counted



With the hopeful and the willing



With the open and the strong



With the voices in the darkness



Fashioning daylight out of song



And the millions of lovers



Alive in the world







I want to live in the world,



not behind some wall



I want to live in the world,



where I will hear if another voice should call



To the prisoner inside me



To the captive of my doubt



Who among his fantasies harbors 



the dream of breaking out



And taking his chances



Alive in the world







To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world



To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world







With its beauty and its cruelty



With its heartbreak and its joy



With it constantly giving birth to life



and to forces that destroy



And the infinite power of change



Alive in the world







To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world



To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world



To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world



To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world