Escape The Maze - Monsters, Kids, & Dogs

Wake up. Go outside
Hope it's not raining cause I like it dry
Come back in and look to be fed
Then it's back to bed

Here I am lying by your feet like a log
It's the life of a dog

Time for lunch so I rise
Stand by the door to go outside
Chase a squirrel up a tree
Who's that calling me?

Here I am waiting for my leash and a jog
It's the life of a dog

They all left. Without me
Wonder where they go when I can't see
When they get back I'll eat & play
Then call it a day

Here I am lying by your feet like a log
It's the life of a dog

Why can't you see things
From my point of view
I just wanna spend time with you
I'm just a kid

I'm on the phone
Leave me alone
Go play on your own
I'm just a kid

Sit up straight
Clean off your plate
Don't stay out late
I'm just a kid

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Why are you always too busy for me
Remember when you bounced me on your knee
Taught me to ride a bike and climb a tree
I'm older now but I'm still me
Why are you always too busy for me
Remember when you bounced me on your knee
Taught me to ride a bike and climb a tree
I'm older now but it's still me

Don't make a mess
Brush your teeth, get dressed
Get off to bed
I'm just a kid

Go to your room
And no TV for you
And no dinner too
I'm just a kid

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Before long
I'll be grown and gone
You'll wish you'd spent more time with me
When I was just a kid

A mother watches as her children starve
I can't imagine how that must feel
Two friends of ten long years
Have a misunderstanding and the friendship ends in tears

Entire nations live with war
Because they can't see eye to eye
The color of skin, religion
Can't you hear the cries

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It doesn't have to be this way
Friends & neighbors at each other’s throats
Celebrate the differences
Don't take offense at a couple wrong notes

I just don't understand
Why is there so much pain in the world

A son comes out of his closet
Why his folks disown him I don't know
An angry driver shoots another
I guess he thought he drove too slow

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We all must do our part
To take away some pain from this world

The sun comes up
Nighttime ends
Today's a day
For family and friends

I look outside
It snowed last night
My eyes open wide
At the joyous sight

My daughter's playing in the snow

This world's a little
Too crazy sometimes
We lose sight
Of how to spend our time

Too much work
Not enough play
That's not how
We should spend our days

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We don't smell the roses like we should
Focus on the bad and not the good
If only everyone could learn what I know
From the angel in the snow.

I go outside
She's lying there
Her back's on the ground
Snow's all in her hair

The day can wait
Cause now I know
I just wanna play with my
Angel in the snow

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I'm playing with my daughter in the snow

Pain
Misery
Anger consumes me

There are happy people around me
What do they see

Repeat

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Is this the end of everything
How would I know
Have I done all that I wanted to
Before I go

Fairness
Justice
What do they mean to me

My life has none of these things
What's wrong with me

Repeat

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Pain
Misery
Anger consumes me

There are happy people around me
What do they see

Repeat

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Spoken:
It's very dark under here
When the lights go out and the night ensues
Don't try to find me
Or I may just find you

I spend my days underneath the bed
No one seems aware
Children look right through me
As if I'm not even there

Spoken:
But when the darkness falls, I arise

Now it's night time, I'm awake
A child's in the bed above
I feel the fear, it's always near
The emotion that I love

There's nothing you can do
I'm coming after you
In the night

The child tries to go to sleep
But knows that I am there
Beneath the sheets is the safest place
They think I can't reach them there (ha ha)

There's nothing you can do
I'm coming after you
In the night

I'll stalk you round your room
And then I'll chase you through your dreams
I crave the kill but still love the thrill
Of a child's primal scream

The next time you look beneath the bed
And think you see some eyes
Know with fear the end may be near
For you, the sun may never rise

Spoken:
I dwell beneath the bed
And hunt you through your dreams
Will you be the next
Whose soul becomes my feast?
(Evil Laughter)

All my life
Never felt that I belonged
Kids made fun of me
My only refuge in a song

Why must my life be so hard

I'm grown now
As I look back at life
Not much has changed
Why can't they see inside

They'll never know
How much they've taken from me
All I've ever wanted
Was for them to see
The person inside
The person living inside of me

They called me ugly
Said I don't fit in
But please tell me
When was being different made a sin

What have I done wrong

When will they stop judging me
On what they see outside
Will no one get to know the real me
Before I die

They'll never know
How much they've taken from me
All I've ever wanted
Was for anyone to see
The person inside
The person living inside of me
The person inside
The person living inside of me

You taught me how to ride my bike
You taught me how to swim
You coached my baseball team each night
You taught me how to win

We worked on cars together
You bought me my first guitar
We spent summers together
When you lived so very far... away

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I can hear him say
Just like yesterday
Words of wisdom that I still use today
We often disagreed
But he was always there for me
As I look back now
Some of the best times that I've had
Have been with my dad

You taught me how to win at cards
Though you don't play anymore
When life got way too hard
You picked me up off the floor

Setting up a band in your garage
You always loved to hear me play guitar
You helped me out you were my entourage
When I moved so very far... away

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I just can't believe that this is real
You've always been there like the dawn
I can't imagine how I'll feel
When my dad is gone

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Today's the day I've been waiting for
The parts have been announced
The school play is in about a month
I bet the crowd will be entranced

Anyone can play a King or Queen
A villain, hero, or a squirrel
But I got the best part in the play
I got the best role in the world

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I get to be in the show
You'll love what's in store
I'll be the best one ever
Acorn Number Four

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I don't have a lot of lines
Nuts don't talk that much
But I can wobble with the best of them
I can be hard to the touch

The hardest thing to fully grasp
Is my motivational bounds
To look delicious but still look bruised
From when I hit the ground

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Spoken:
The wind blows and the baby acorn falls unceremoniously to the ground
She shakes her head as she gets up, opens her eyes and looks curiously around
A friendly squirrel perched high up in the tree, sees the acorn and scurries down
As the acorn starts to say hi to her new friend, the squirrel eats the nut without a sound

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A slight breeze blows through the trees
A cool mist is in the air
The skies are cloudy and are darkening
There aren't creatures anywhere

The wind begins to pick up speed
Raindrops hit the ground
Lightning flashes through the trees
Followed by the sound

The winds die down, the rainfall stops
Creatures come outside
To see the damage that the storm has wrought
In the stillness of the eye

It isn't long till the winds pick up
Fallen leaves begin to churn
Make no mistake, no one's safe
The storm has returned

(Instrumental)