(This is two/three different tempos and melodies* inter-linked, not sure how well it reads, the chorus was going to be ‘we are intrepid travellers, born to carry on…’)
There’s a little boy who’s lost, he’s realised the cost,
Has a billion reasons to start crying.
Blank faced as he walks, down pictured corridor
No hand to hold tightly and guide him.
Opening doors of despair, to a fate no-one cares
Should he live a thousand years, or die here
8 years in the making, family forsaking,
To discover shame, now everyone blames him…
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*And he’s sat on a bike…
– Going nowhere
A blue suit, as a shield
– To hide him
Love sent an angel
– To guide him
Just in time
– She caught him flying
*She said so fry the cakes, bake the food
All we are is a substitute
Face it baby, we’ve no more to lose
*We’re intrepid travellers
Running the race
Never ever to give up…
Laughing in failure’s face
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*But the man he is lost, stares at a box,
Has a billion reasons to start crying
Caught in a snare, with life and death
Love wrestling to fit in there.
His neighbours celebrate, while his memories cremate
But he carries them with him, regardless
The freebird is released; the phoenix is revealed
And the band will sing on, regardless…
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*Angel draws him a map
– To guide him
Music of her feelings
– To remind him
A road trip home
– To teach him
They must part
– Never knowing…
*She said so fry the cakes, bake the food
All we are is a substitute
Face it baby, we’ve no more to lose…..
*We’re intrepid travellers
Running the race
Never ever to give up…
Laughing in failure’s face
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