How many hours have I spent watching the shining TV

Living adventure in proxy in another person's dream?

How many miles have I traveled looking at faraway lights

Listening for trains in the distance in some brilliant other life?

This cup, this cup

I want to drink it up

To be right here

In the middle of it

Right here, right here

This challenging reality's better than fear or fantasy

So take up what we've been given

Welcome the edge of our days

Hemmed in by sunrise and sunset

By our youth and by our age

Thank God for our dependence

Here's to our chasm of need

And how it binds us together

In faith and vulnerability

This cup, this cup

I want to drink it up

To be right here

In the middle of it

Right here, right here

This challenging reality's better than fear or fantasy

It's better than fear or fantasy

What if my whole world falls apart?

What if my life could be different?

What if I sat right here and took you in without the fear

And loved you whole without the flight

And didn't try to pass this cup?

This cup

I want to drink it up

To be right here

In the middle of it

Right here, right here

This beautiful reality's better than fear or fantasy

It's better than fear or fantasy

It's better than fear or fantasy