Red sun rising on the desert floor Wildflowers blooming 'neath the sycamores Something inside says I've been here before Maybe in another lifetime All my life, I've held on tight Worried that I wasn't quite doing it right But something special's gonna happen tonight I can feel it in my very marrow Everybody's trying their best to be free Most of us are doing it wrong Though the night is cloudy and we can't hardly see We keep on stumbling toward the dawn I've been building cathedrals and chasing my whales Battening my hatches and raising my sails Been too proud to quit, been too scared to fail Terrified of living for nothing Saying "Things are gonna change just as soon as I get To the place that I haven't quite arrived at yet But there's a version of me on the internet I think you'll like a whole lot better" Everybody's trying their best to be free Most of us are doing it wrong Though the night is cloudy and we can't hardly see We keep on stumbling toward the dawn I'm an orphan searching for a family tree With room somewhere for a kid like me I'm praying to God that you'll be patient with me Or I'll never really learn to be happy Eyes full of rain, clouds full of tears If you're lucky, you'll get seventy years So what's the point of wasting it all on fear And illusions of control Everybody's trying their best to be free Most of us are doing it wrong Though the night is cloudy and we can't hardly see We keep on stumbling toward the dawn Red sun rising on the desert floor Wildflowers blooming 'neath the sycamores Something inside says I've been here before Maybe in another lifetime