Maybe (Next to Normal)

Maybe I've lost it at last

Maybe my last lucid moment has passed

I'm dancing with death, I suppose

But really, who knows?

Maybe I'm tired of the game

Of coming up short of the rules, of the shame

And maybe you feel that way too

I see me in you

A girl full of anger and hope

A girl with a mother who just couldn't cope

A girl who felt caught and thought no one could see

But maybe one day she'll be free

It's so lovely that you're sharing

No, really, I'm all ears

But where has all this caring been

For sixteen years?

For all those years I'd prayed that you'd go away for good

Half the time afraid that you really would

When I thought you might be dying

I cried for all we'd never be

But there'll be no more crying

Not for me

Things will get better you'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see

Not for me

You'll see...

Maybe we can't be okay

But maybe we're tough and we'll try anyway

We'll live with what's real

Let go of what's past

And maybe I'll see you at last

(spoken)

We wanted to give you a normal life. I realize now, I have no clue what that is

I don't need a life that's normal, that's way too far away

But something next to normal would be okay

Yeah, something next to normal, that's the thing I'd like to try

Close enough to normal to get by

We'll get by

We'll get by