Maybe (Next To Normal)

Maybe(Next to Normal) - Alice Ripley

Maybe I've lost it at last

Maybe my last lucid moment has passed

I'm dancing with death I supposed

But really who knows

Could be I'm crazy to go

They say you should stay

With the devil you know

But when life needs a change

And the one devil won't

You fly to the devil you don't

Maybe I'm tired of the game

Of coming up short of the rules

Of the shame

And maybe you feel that way too

I see me in you

A girl full of anger and hope

A girl with a mother who just

Couldn't cope

A girl who felt caught

And thought no one could see

But maybe one day she'll be free

It's so lovely that you're sharing

No really I'm all ears

But where has all this caring been

For sixteen years

For all those years I prayed that

You'd go away for good

Half the time afraid that

You really would

When I thought you

Might be dying

I cried for all

We'd never be

But there'll be

No more crying

Not for me things will get better you'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Maybe we can't be okay

But maybe we're tough

And we'll try anyway

We'll live with what's real

Let go of what's past

And maybe I'll see you at last

We tried to give you a normal life

I realize now I have no

Clue what that is

I don't need a life that's normal

That's way too far away

But something next to normal

Would be okay

Yeah something next to normal

That's the thing I'd like to try

Close enough to normal

To get by

We'll get by

We'll get by