Alive in the World

I want to live in the world

Not inside my head

I want to live in the world

I want to stand and be countedWith the hopeful and the willing

With the open and the strong

With the voices in the darkness

Fashioning daylight out of song

And the millions of lovers

Alive in the worldI want to live in the world

Not behind some wall

I want to live in the world

Where I will hear if another voice should callTo the prisoner inside me

To the captive of my doubt

Who among his fantasies

Harbors the dream of breaking out

And taking his chances

Alive in the worldTo open my eyes

And wake up alive in the world

To open my eyes

And finally arrive in the worldWith its beauty and its cruelty

With its heartbreak and its joy

With it constantly giving birth to life

And to forces that destroy

And the infinite power of change

Alive in the worldTo open my eyes

And wake up alive in the world

To open my eyes

And finally arrive in the worldTo open my eyes

And wake up alive in the world

To open my eyes

And finally arrive in the world