Not What I Had in Mind

from Backroads to Owltown by Macular Degenerates

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lyrics

Not What I Had in Mind

Living in a hurricane
Life in the lower case
Locked in a rogue state for years
Now in another day, I laugh
from a further place
Love is a better way for me

Run from the halfway
turn from the OK
fight for all that you know to be

I was downcast
and never knew why
I gave all until I bled
I was angry and lonely
and now I know why
I suffered until I said
It's not what I had in mind!

Life in the fast lane
Rocked by the road rage
Locked in a lonely place by peers
Life in a hurricane
left with only a ghost pain
Stuck out in the black rain for years
Now it's another day
I walk on a higher plane
loving is a better way for me

Run from the halfway
turn away from the OK
fight for all that you want to be.
I was downcast
and never knew why
I gave up and still I bled
I was lonely and angry
and no wonder why
I suffered until I said
It's not what I had in mind!

Living in a hurricane
Life in the lower case
Locked in a rogue state for years
Now in another day, I laugh
from a further place
Love is a better way for me
Run from the OK
fight all that is halfway
Lead, follow or get out of my way!

I was downcast
and never knew why
I knew that I'd lost my way,
We are lonely and angry
and never know why
We suffer until we say
It's not what I had in mind!

Who abandoned who?
Was it you?
Only one life to live,
Only so much to give,
Only one life to live.
Who abandoned who?
Was it you?

They say, take what Life hands you
and wait your turn,
and just be thankful
if it's a rose.
You said take it or leave it
on its own terms!
Then why did you blame me
when I did both?

Not what I had in mind!