Lyrics

RUNNING IN A CIRCLE
BELFRY/HARTMAN

I was the obedient child,
never dared look for the wild
through an uncreased youth
I was seen and not heard
(it) was my elders "unwords"
that stirred my prodigal truth

(b verse)
(now) I need newness
I believe in the power of change
I need motion
to perceive beyond a water marked range

so I was born, I was weened,
tailored and pristeend
from head to toe
then I left and returned
showed off what I learned
but I yearned for,
what I wasn't ready to know
(b)
now I need wisdom
where it's grown, doesn't really matter
I need insight
so the past and the patterns (can) shatter
(chorus)

Let me watch, let me learn
let me be, watch me earn the will I was given
Can't I risk? Can't I speak?
Can't I live? Can't I seek
for the ends I have striven?
...and maybe I'll find I was Running In a Circle
so what if I find I'm just running in a circle?


(yes) I righted the wrong lovers
stayed for days under covers
of protection, disappointment, and shame
In no one I could find me
yet I let their dreams blind me
as it resigned me to another year or 3 of blame
(b)
Now I need freedom
any idea or vision will do
I need inspiration
and the chance to be open and true

Let me watch, let me learn
let me be, watch me earn the will i've been given
Can't I risk? Can't I speak? Can't I live?
Can't I seek the ends I have striven
...and maybe I'll find I was running in a circle,
so, what If I am just running in a circle?
(Bridge)
I feel like
I'm cracking the oil
on the canvas I toiled on
with colors and mediums
I know nothing about
so what if I fail
and I'm just chasing my tail
at least I didn't bail..
and I didn't holdout

let me watch...
let me learn

let me watch, let me learn
let me be watch me each
the will I've been given
can't I risk can't I speak
can't I live can't I seek
the ends I have striven
...and maybe I'll find I was running in a circle
so what if I find I'm just running in a circle...