Norbert Leo Butz
Edge of the World
[HENRY]
Everything about this world feels wrong
We're not equipped to know what's going on
I always felt like I grew up on a different planet
On one of those stars up above
A map I used to plan it
All my life
All my lies
There's too many people crowded in the street
An island, once mountainous, now concrete
I thought it was supposed to be different
Everyone thinks they're different
But we still have to go on with our lives
To survive
And it feels like we might fall off any minute
It feels like we are living on a ledge
It feels like we might fall off any minute
So why delay?
Do the thing you couldn't do yesterday
Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge
There are infinite versions of a life
Where you come from, where you go
Who you meet and what you like
We don't all get to chose the versions we are given
But with you, that's not true
We got it right
We're so alike
[HENRY & BEN]
And it feels like we might fall off any minute
It feels like we are hanging on a ledge
It feels we might fall off any minute
[HENRY]
But look around
At this different planet we've found
[HENRY & BEN]
We're living on the edge of the world
We're living on the edge
[HENRY, BEN, HENRY & BEN]
You're the one thing I'm proud of
Didn't you love her?
I tried to give you all the love you need
Would she have loved me?
And we study rocks and things
Are you listening?
And the magic that nature brings
Are you listening?
The way it heals what stings
Are you?
Until we're healed we sing
Why did you take me to
Alaska
For the ice and the trees, for the sky and the breeze
Where you grew up so well so free from those memories
Just you son, you and me
You son, you and me
Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge
[HENRY]
Why don't we write a new song together
Can't we make up a different one to sing?
I'm sick of my old stories, the way they cling to my hair
If you aren't sick of yours, well then
We can start from there
Or anywhere
And it feels like we might fall off any minute
Feels like I could lose you in the storm
It feels we are both the same
And both so very different
But I promised her I'd always keep you warm
Just me and you
Isn't that true?
Isn't that true?
Isn't that true?