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I am alone when theres someone around

Put in my headphones and turn up the sound

Nothing before me, nothing behind

Safe in this place in my mind

Live from the driveway, sounds of applause

No frame of reference, only why nots

I paint with my qualities

Paint with my faults

I'm never lost in my thoughts

I am large

I am so large

Oh the life that I had and the life I did not

Are both just as real in my heart

I am an island that stretches so wide

I am a husband, in front of his bride

I stand in the spotlight and wave to the crowd

When theres no one around

Breathe in for four seconds, breathe out for six

Be in the moment, pretend I exist

Try to be funny, try to be wise

Try to look you in the eye

Sign ups at four, we are starting at five

Walk past the brownstones and look for my life

Stand on the rooftop, stare at the sky

Try to be here with my eyes

I am small

I am so small

I am not there when the moments begun

I'm only there when its gone

I am your neighbor thats messy and loud

I am an old man

And I am a child

I am a tree that falls in the forest

When theres no one around

There in the hallway

And there in the yard

Walking in circles, honest to god

There is a grown man talking to someone

When theres no one around

Far from the Boone squad, far from the prom

Far from the woman that lies in my arms

Ready for lift off, ready to fly

High above the highway isles

I'm in a forest, its snowing and dark

Leaving no footprints, leaving no mark

Nothing before me, nothing behind

Safe in this place in my mind

I am the darkness and I am the fire

I am the anthem and I am the choir

I am a secret thats finally spoken

When theres no one around

I am the water that rises and falls

I am the Rothko and I am the walls

I'm both the paint and the canvas

The will be and was

Who am I

When theres no one around?