How long? Lyrics

Shadows loom on the periphery

And you know in your heart you don't belong

A sense of unease grips you to the core

Almost overpowering so damn strong

You can almost feel the breath on your shoulder

Of the unanticipated guest who's come along

And the clock on the wall tells no time and makes no sound

It has no hands turning round and round, how long

How long living in a place where you have no place, how long

How long trying to make a home feeling all alone, how long

No-one can say how long but if you can just hold on

A day may dawn where you can be the you that you were meant to be

Then you will belong

When so much is stripped away

You travel to the core find out who you really are

You find out you were wrong in many ways you were so strong

By following your path you found a way you could belong

But on the way there was a price that you had to pay

You had to learn that you could be alone and be okay

It rolls off the tongue such a simple thing to say

But not so easy to do when you don't grow up that way

Learn to be alone my friend and learn that we're all one

We're all afraid of solitude so search for anyone

Who offers some relief from that great emptiness we feel

Deep inside but if we can embrace that space we start to heal

If we take the time to rest beneath our inner skies

Notice what is going on with wise observant eyes

Get acquainted with the bogeymen which flourish in the dark

We discover our complexity and that they're all a part

In our shadows all our insecurities and fears

Lives the potential for the growth and gain through all the years

If neediness inspires us to never stand alone

Comfortably we suffocate within our comfort zone

Something silent stirring underground

Though you feel it you don't understand

A new sense of purpose at odds with aimlessness

Although it's nothing that you planned

But there's a feeling at last that you can leave behind the past

It's time for you to leave the borderland, no need to make a stand

For you have found your voice, it's up to you to make your choice

The future is yours, it lives within your hands

The future's in your hands

How long giving all you had just trying to survive, how long

Believing you had made the worst mistake and you could never thrive, how long

But you hung on tight and strived, was it a miracle, a day arrived

You realised the struggle and the pain was more than justified by the gain

And you felt glad to be alive

When so much is stripped away

You might find out who you are

Discover that you're glad to be alive

And by following your path

Although you paid a price

You realise you're glad to be alive

And you learned to be alone

Embrace that inner space

And now you're glad to be alive

Glad to be alive

Glad to be alive