The Shade of It All

Once there was a time

I thought that I

Never would be without you

Now I look around and find

I'm on my own

And I can't stop thinking about you

Hard to be on the bottom once you've been on the top

Had a good thing going, didn't want it to stop

Oh why, it's a lonely Christmas morning

Now I'm out in the rain, and I can't find the sun

My summer vacation has turned into fall

The shade of it all

Now I'm so far away (where'd you go, where'd you go)

Without a home (she's homeless)

Like a moon without a sun (where's the sun, where's the sun)

Looking for a friendly face

I see so many (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

But they only just remind me of one

Now I'm trying to swim while I'm watching you fly

I'm feeling so low so I try to stay high

To fight away all this hurting

And I try to look strong, but I'm feeling so weak

I try to act big but you know that I'm small

The shade of it all

Why's it gotta be like this

I can't be the only one on earth to feel like this

Look around and I see, I've got the strength inside me

And it's been there (it's been there)

Yeah it's been there (god, it's right there)

All along

All along

Now I've got a brighter day

It's not the end

No, it seems the story's just begun

We've gotta fight away the shade

Let's start today

And we all can shine on as one

So let's take all the hate, and replace it with love

Take a journey below so we can get up above

And the world can start rejoicing (halleloo)

You're a beacon of light, and you'll shine through the dark

We can light up the world, all it takes is a spark

That's all

We can light up the shade of it all

(Like the neverending story with a trail)

(So shady boots)

The shade of it all

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(So shady, so shady, so shady house down boots)

(So shady, so shady, so shady boots)

We can light up the shade of it all