Year of the Dragon (Stripped)

There was a Chinese restaurant where we would go when I was a kid

And the paper placemat told me

That being born in 1988

Meant that I was confident

And prone to good fortune

The year of the dragon

It was all gonna happen

And there was this French film that I saw once on a plane

And the main character became my idol

She had a way about her that made me believe

Life should always be the play, not the recital

Now I’m older than she was then

And it’s all so different

When you don’t know where else to go

You go back to where you came from

All is not lost in the belly of the beast

Holding the past like a rope

And it pulls me back to square one

Never more scared but I never felt more free

The memories cling to me like a wet bathing suit

Kinda cold I wanna peel them off my body

I cut my hair and I let all my anger grow

I walked naked through a town that didn’t want me

Yeah I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine

It’s gonna be different this time

When you don’t know where else to go

You go back to where you came from

All is not lost in the belly of the beast

Holding the past like a rope

And it pulls me back to square one

Never more scared but I never felt more free

Leave it to me to be the master of my fate

‘Til the brakes give out and no one’s riding shotgun

When you don’t know where else to go

You go back to where you came from

All is not lost in the belly of the beast

Holding the past like a rope

And it pulls me back to square one

Never more scared but I never felt more free