The Way Life Ought to Be

Well I won’t deny it
Something’s gotta change
Well I’ve been trying to
Rip the bars from this cage
Maybe it’s useless
Cause I just don’t got the strength
Or maybe the truth is that
I still need the bars to blame

I tried to tell you
But you weren’t close enough to hear
I turned down the volume
And tried to tell it to the mirror
But he’s never listening
I guess no one needs to know
Of my repentance
Reflecting in stereo

I can’t remember
The last time I felt free
But I can almost picture
The way life ought to be
Outside these cold walls
Where I can feel
The warmth of your skin
And let the night fall
Oh it’ll beckon me
To lay by you again

And I’ll lay by you again
Oh I will lay by you again

I will not ask you
To wait forever for me
But if I have to
I will swallow a key
What does the past do
When time swallows the sea?
I will not ask you
No, some things are meant to be