Song Description

This song is about following my dreams of being a musician/singer, no matter what people say, and despite how absurd or difficult it may be.

Lyrics

What a waste, I'm just as plain and common as the rain
Discarded voice and name as soon as I've stepped off the stage
Facing unknown thieves of time, my pen is my knife

Live my nights as black and blue and painful as my nine to five
Feel my frail faded lies that cover all my failed attempts in life
Seeking God in written words, but will my prayers be heard?

In exile on the outside looking in
Take cover 'cause it's time I say my sins
In exile and it's all been make believe
I'm still unseen

Is it shame, or is it relief how I've lived my life too safe?
Accomplished enough to say I'm still a little fish in a big lake
Taking risks or taking turns at setting myself up to be burned

In exile as I say I'm different
A square peg in a circle I don't fit
In exile once I start I'll never quit
My dreams won't dim, my dreams won't dim

Maybe some call this absurd, but I'll make my songs get heard

In exile once I leave I can't come in
The price I'll have to pay for ambition
In exile from the life I'll leave behind
To try to be the person in my mind
In exile on the outside looking in
Take cover cause it's time I say my sins
In exile once I start I'll never quit
My dreams won't dim
In exile from the life I'll leave behind
To try to be the person in my mind
In exile once I start I'll never quit
My dreams won't dim...