Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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From the album "The Future Happens Anyway" released on Six Shooter Records (2014).

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Lyrics:

I bet you're tired of waking up in hospitals
I bet you're tired of drinking icicles
It's a short walk down depressing corridors
And it's a long walk back to where you were before

There's a dream we keep running into
And it's a lie if we can figure out how to make it true
I stumble on the words I say to you
And I want to be the one you stumble back to

Watch the light flicker over your fears
I bet you're happy that you're still here
Know that love is there when you need it most
It's a long walk but it's the short way home

We don't have to figure it all out tonight
Everything and nothing are the same thing in different lights
And I'm not scared of opening and closing doors
And it's a long way back to where you were before

But everything is alright
Everything is alright
Eyes will close and the sun will rise
And we don't have to figure it all out tonight

Watch the light flicker over your fears
I bet you're happy that you're still here
Know that love is there when you need it most
It's a long walk but it's the short way home

So sleep when you're tired
Eat when you're hungry
Love when you're loving
Drink when you're thirsty

Watch the light flicker over your fears
I bet you're happy that you're still here
Know that love is there when you need it most
It's a long walk but it's the short way home

Words and Music: Neville Quinlan, Mark Kesper, John Dinsmore, Peter Kesper (SOCAN)