Circle in the Dirt

Beneath the Sun and the burning sky

The higher you go the further you'll fly

Turning away with your private smile

Seemed you could see for a thousand miles

And while the World falls down around you

You shroud yourself in clouds of smoke

You drink a toast to those beside you

But your amity is like a private joke

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You mark a circle in the dirt

Like you were tied to a tree

The same movie plays over again

With different actors in the scene

You thought you'd made a break

From the things that weigh you down

But if you dam a river

The water finds a way around

Now you've got your own gravity

Your orbit fills up the room

We join you in your vanity

And sing with you out of tune

Chorus

Circle in the dirt ©2004 Declan Murray / Amith Narayan