There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain
There are children raised beneath the golden sun
There are children of the water
And children of the sand
And they cry out through the universe
Their voices raised as one

I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I want to be I want to live

Have you gazed out on the ocean
Seen the breaching of a whale?
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away
Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home?

I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I want to be I want to live

For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
For the native and the wanderer in kind
For the maker and the user and the mother and her son
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine

We are standing all together
Face to face and arm in arm
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
No more hunger no more killing
No more wasting life away
It is simply an idea
And I know its time has come

I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I want to be I want to live.

The man you want is the man I am
The one you used to have still standing by your side
The love I need is the love you give
Could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah yeah
The man upstairs must have a plan
The one you used to have has disappeared from view
But here comes me looking for a kiss
Could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah yeah
The time you lose working for the man
The time you used to have is never coming back
But the love you make well that's all there is
So could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah yeah

I want to live
Where they'll change what they have done
Yeah
I must die
cold and shunned by the sun
Yeah
Why should I stay
Where there are people that hate
The things I need
and making me wait
yeah
They will teach you the hows instead of the why's
They will turn your truth into lies
I feel like crying
when I'm groping for a way to stop it from going
cause I want it,
want it to stay
Yeah
They will teach you the hows instead of the why's
They will turn your truth into lies try, look and understand
I needed you to take hold of my hand
and pull me up, yeah
I feel but I can't, yeah
Yes I do
I want to, I want to live
Yes, I want to live yeah, yeah
To feel and...
I'm gonna lose it, yeah.-

Sometimes i feel like i need
To shake myself
To wake myself
I feel like im just sleepwalkin'
Through my life
Its like im swimming in
An ocean of emotion
But still somehow slowly
Goin numb inside
I dont like who im becomin'
I know i've gotta do somethin'
Before my life passes right by

[Chorus:]
I want to cry like the rain
Cry like the rain
Shine like sun on a beautiful mornin'
Sing to the heavens like the church bells ringin'
Fight with the devil and go down swingin'
Fly like a bird,roll like a stone
Love like i aint afraid to be alone
Take everything that this world has to give
I want to live

Sometimes i wonder
Why i work so hard to guard my heart
Till i hardly feel anything at all
I've spent my whole life building up this ivory tower
And now that im in it, i keep wishing it would fall
So i could feel the ground beneath me
Really taste the air im breathin'
And know that im alive

[Repeat Chorus]

Somethin deep inside
Keeps sayin
Life is like a vapor
Its gone in just a twinklin' of an eye

[Repeat Chorus]

I want to take every
Breath i can get
I want to live
Yeah, yeah

Sometimes i feel like i need
To shake myself
To wake myself
I feel like im just sleepwalkin'
Through my life
Its like im swimming in
An ocean of emotion
But still somehow slowly
Goin numb inside
I dont like who im becomin'
I know i've gotta do somethin'
Before my life passes right by

[Chorus:]
I want to cry like the rain
Cry like the rain
Shine like sun on a beautiful mornin'
Sing to the heavens like the church bells ringin'
Fight with the devil and go down swingin'
Fly like a bird,roll like a stone
Love like i aint afraid to be alone
Take everything that this world has to give
I want to live

Sometimes i wonder
Why i work so hard to guard my heart
Till i hardly feel anything at all
I've spent my whole life building up this ivory tower
And now that im in it, i keep wishing it would fall
So i could feel the ground beneath me
Really taste the air im breathin'
And know that im alive

[Repeat Chorus]

Somethin deep inside
Keeps sayin
Life is like a vapor
Its gone in just a twinklin' of an eye

[Repeat Chorus]

I want to take every
Breath i can get
I want to live
Yeah, yeah

I want to live, to feel a face
that isn't there
I want to live
I roll over and you're not there
I'm only standing on the shore

I had some friends but I want more mmmmm

I see the future and it's all mine
Want to be perfect, I'm taking my time
I'll try not to act like I'm so far away
I try to be right in whatever I say
Deeper feelings recur again & again & again & again
A complex spiral leads me to spin...

I want to live
To see the earth turn one more time
I wanna live
To feel a hand that isn't mine
I'm only standing on the shore
I had some fun but I want more
I'll try not to act like I'm so far away
I try to be right in whatever I say
Deeper feelings recur again & again & again & again
A complex spiral leads me to spin...

Mmmm...