close my eyes and ask a question why is it i do what i do am i looking for some happy definition of life and love in the corners of truth or am i just some curious bystander looking at the world through a child s eyes sunlight always shining on my shoulders while the storm rages on deep inside deep inside chorus and it seems so hard to keep it all together when the walls are falling down on every side yeah but i ll be damned if i give up on it easy i ve worked too hard to get the barricades this high now this world s a stage we re meant to play on direction from inside on what to do i know i should have all of the answers deep inside i haven t got a clue not a clue chorus told myself that i would be okay told myself i d be all right no doubt somewhere low i know that i ve been lying can t believe it took me thirty years to figure that shit out chorus