Lyrics

No One Else
© 2004 kate laurel smith, kate laurel publishing/ASCAP

Oh how the years pass
Sand through an hourglass
And change, it comes so slow
Looking in the mirror
Wishing to see clearer
All the things I should know

Disregard conscience
Tend toward negligence
I?m a glutton for punishment
Wondering where it went
All the reckless time spent
Without a hint of sentiment

I?m having trouble seeing
All the beauty in this life
Oh I?ve no trouble feeling
The pain, it cuts like a knife
I cry uncle but it?s never over
Yet it?s good, good to be found
Searching for answers, searching for freedom
In this darkness, darkness profound

I want to stay here
This prison sanctuary
I call all my own
It?s comfortable you know
I live here alone
It?s like my pillow at home

But I plan my escape route
Please couldn?t you help me out
If the keys are all but lost
In the pride and the avarice
Naked and helplessly
They have been tossed

I want to try harder
I want to go further
It?s not fair where I stand
Oh held captive in
This dreadful silence
Unaware of your hand

I rise through the ceiling
Oh what a feeling
To gain a vantage point all new
Like a child unhindered
By the fire and its cinders
Like no one else but you