I want my childhood back

I want to stop the movie
Playing over and over
In the back of my mind

The movie that won't
stop
running
over and over
and over again.

I want to be the china doll
safe and secure
inside a glass case

I want my childhood back

I want to face my TV
And not have to fear
What will come on next?

For who knows

I want my childhood back

I want to be able to walk freely
Roam the hills
Watch the valleys

I want to feel the trees
see the breeze
hear a brook

I want my childhood back

I want to sleep soundly
Not fearing the morning
Nor the night

I want to have a hideaway
A refuge

I want my childhood back

I can't stop the tears
Can you

I can't have my childhood back

I can't ease the pain
Can you

I've tried to get my childhood back

It's gone
Far away

No one can find it
Buried in the rubble

I've tried

No one can find it
Out in the desert

I've looked

No one can find it
In vast space

I've gone there

No one knows

No one cares
to know

No one has a reason
to care
to know

Except me

I want my childhood back

Even though it's gone

I know there's no hope
hope clings on
to me

I will keep digging
through the rubble
Through the pain

Until hope fades away
The rubble turns to dust

Until I get my childhood back
I will keep digging
Playing the movie