Noonday Demon

I just want to be someone Sinking like the setting sun No matter how I try to run I keep falling behind Yea, I’m falling behind where I'm supposed to be Think I've had it up to the ceiling 'Nother phone call, 'nother meeting I punch on out then I do It again It’s only 10 o’clock, but I’m dreaming I’m somewhere that I’m not and it’s freeing My only hope is in playin’ pretend All my friends have gone or wed In the dust, stuck in my head I just wish the pain would end CHORUS I walk out with no coat and it’s freezing Scanning neon signs for some meaning Spent so many years feeling like a drone Invisible in the city Blend into the crowd, you won't miss me A million people make you more alone And even though I tried my best All I got was damn depressed I'd bide my time, but there's none left I can't take this Just can't fake this No more No more If I wake, this just might make this No more No more I wanna be free CHORUS

Sarah's sitting there In her office chair Strike a conversation “How are you?” “or “How's your day been?” I know a coffee spot And, though it's not a lot I'd like to get to know you Been too shy, but I could show you Time stops I reach out my hand She says She's got another man Day after day, the same old story She turns my way, then she ignores me Say what you may, but I don't stand a chance Night after night, the same old heartache Turn left and right until it's daybreak It isn't right to feel the way I am, oh no We sat and talked til dark In Madison Square Park Thought it wasn't likely To find someone who seems to like me But that was long ago And Sarah didn't know the way that I was feeling God, the way she had me reeling Time stops She holds out her hand She says She's got another man We could fly away If you'd give me (if you'd give me) Please, just give me a chance Sarah, we'd be great If you'd give me (if you'd give me) Please just, give me a chance Day after day, the same old story She turns my way, then she ignores me Say what you may, but I don't stand a chance Night after night, the same old heartache Turn left and right until it's daybreak It isn't right to feel the way I am, oh no oh no oh no oh no

Got home, turned on the TV New lamp, Salvation Army Saw my shadow make its way across the room It starts singing this tune, yeah “It's alright It's ok Everybody has these days So that girl won't look your way Everybody feels this Gray, Gray Everyday might feel the same It knocks you down, but that's ok You're gray But that’s ok That's ok” Told it all of my problems It said, “you don't need to solve them” “you can take each day one step at a time, come on, have some more wine, 'cause It's alright and it's ok Everybody has these days You don't need them anyway Everybody feels this Gray, Gray Everyday might feel the same Knocks you down, but that's ok You’re gray That’s oh I've lived my life Fighting the middle, middle Can't I give up, Just a little? Because I'm so Gray, Gray Everyday just feels the same Knocks me down, but I'm ok I'm gray That's ok ok

All my life Thought that I was through Endless nights Days of deja vu Then, you broke these iron walls Made a place to tell it all All my life, I needed you And though I died You gave me life anew By my side and we talked until the sunlight warmed the dew You took me flying high when life was black and blue Bringing every constellation into view Took all the tears I cried grew flowers on the moon Making hope and aspiration out of doom My angel in the gloom In my mind Friendships that I knew I'd been blind to how they'd been untrue Gave my soul, and laid it bare Just to see they never cared So in my mind, it's only you And though I cried, you let me turn to you Eased my mind so we could sit in silence cause you knew Darkness grows upon my walls And Emptiness creeps in But you don't seem to care at all What's underneath my skin You take me flying high when life is black and blue Bringing every constellation into view Take all the tears I cried grow flowers on the moon Making hope and aspiration out of doom My angel in the gloom