What a waste, Im just as plain and common as the rain
Discarded voice and name as soon as Ive stepped off the stage
Facing unknown thieves of time, my pen is my knife

Live my nights as black and blue and painful as my nine to five
Feel my frail faded lies that cover all my failed attempts in life
Seeking God in written words, but will my prayers be heard?

In exile on the outside looking in
Take cover cause its time I say my sins
In exile and its all been make believe
Im still unseen

Is it shame, or is it relief how Ive lived my life too safe?
Accomplished enough to say Im still a little fish in a big lake
Taking risks or taking turns at setting myself up to be burned

In exile as I say Im different
A square peg in a circle I dont fit
In exile once I start Ill never quit
My dreams wont dim, my dreams wont dim

Maybe some call this absurd, but Ill make my songs get heard

In exile once I leave I cant come in
The price Ill have to pay for ambition
In exile from the life Ill leave behind
To try to be the person in my mind
In exile on the outside looking in
Take cover cause its time I say my sins
In exile once I start Ill never quit
My dreams wont dim
In exile from the life Ill leave behind
To try to be the person in my mind
In exile once I start Ill never quit
My dreams wont dim...