lifeblood: songs: lyrics: what we wanna be

who are you when you are on your own
all by yourself coming home
do you take off the clothes that you wore to work
peeling the paint from the wood

do you dream in the dark of the roots and trees
the scars and all the uncovering
yeah whenever that shame tries to bury you
i hope you will find your way through
remember i am i am i am

when the face on that moon is just a deadpan
for your rhyming when it's just denying
that we get to be what we wanna be
when the sun in the morning is just a reason
to keep on sleeping
when you're just breaking even
yeah we get to be what we wanna be

you're more than the worst thing you've ever done
you're more than the worst thing you've ever known
i'll tell you mine and you tell me yours
and we will know we are more

and remember when you feel you go astray
who made the rules for us anyway
yeah we get to be what we wanna be

when the face on that moon is just a deadpan
for your rhyming when it's just denying
(just denying)
yeah we get to be what we wanna be
when the sun in the morning is just a reason
to keep on sleeping
when you're just breaking even
(breaking even)
yeah we get to be what we wanna be

well all i know
yeah all i know
when i let go
of all this woe

you'll be my valentine of sorts
i'll be love's echo and reports
together we'll dance under that turning sky
like tumbling bats as the stars arrive

and the face on that moon is gonna laugh and swoon
and flightless birds will find their groove
cause we get to be what we wanna be
(we wanna be)

yeah we get to be what we wanna be

when the sun in the morning is just a reason
(when the sun is just a reason)
to keep on sleeping
when you're just breaking even
(breaking even)
remember i am i am i am
(i am i am)
yeah we get to be what we wanna be
hey it's good to be you
and it's good to be me

words and music by amy ray