Everybody is asking why I like to swim upstream Missing out on all the fun so it seems But I've always found this world writes checks it cannot cash Selling us the lie that this is where it's at But I I'm on the outside Earthly good with heaven on my mind And I I'm just a passer by home's a place that I have yet to be Life's always felt like a long and endless dream Where tests and trials bring you to the final wake up scene Now I'm not saying I'll ever waste a day I'm just gonna live like I was never meant to stay And I I'm on the outside Earthly good with heaven on my mind And I I'm just a passer by Home's a place where I have yet to be One life will come to pass And what I've done for you is all that lasts And so I am here But I'm a stranger here living in reverent fear But I I'm on the outside Earthly good with heaven on my mind And I I'm just a passer by Home's a place that I have yet to be That I have yet to be That I have yet to be, hmmm And I I'm on the outside ooh ooh And I I'm on the outside ooh ooh And I have life life on the outside yeah And I have life life on the outside And I I'm on the outside.