This Thing They Call Wonderful (For Theo)

There used to be a happy child But he went away Like he stepped off the train And he's playing so hard to get Like, why won't he come back and stay? The innocent former he, still lives on inside Not a teardrop in sight On the outside, behind his eyes It's dark and he's crying at night But it's not that I'm sad, I'm just emotional This is my dark day turned vocal But why don't we just settle on down, turn the TV, something easy? Getting so sick and tired of this town But I'm holding on 'cause everyone is telling me "it'll all be just fine" So come on on round, don't believe me? You should see me on this spiralling merry-go-round So out of control that I just wanna be home for the night So I question me, my sanity, the rhythms of my mind This thing they call a wonderful life The lightning strikes, I wonder why and I just can't deny This thing they call a wonderful life A conflict that he can't control He tries to know it all Maybe perfect don't exist no more He's running circles round and round But always seems to fall down to the ground But it's not that I'm sad, I'm just emotional This is my dark day turned vocal But why don't we just settle on down, turn the TV, something easy? Getting so sick and tired of this town But I'm holding on 'cause everyone is telling me "it'll all be just fine" So come on on round, don't believe me? You should see me on this spiralling merry-go-round So out of control that I just wanna be home for the night So I question me, my sanity, the rhythms of my mind This thing they call a wonderful life The lightning strikes, I wonder why and I just can't deny This thing they call a wonderful life This thing they call a wonderful life