I've been an emigrant
I've been an immigrant
I've been an expat and repatriated
Always a sinner
Seldom a winner
Forever a beginner
I never get too far
I tried to be myself
To do it my own way
Turned into someone else
Somewhere along the way
I've been accepted
I've been rejected
I've felt that warm embrace
I've sunk without a trace
I always ran away
When I should have stayed
Searching high and low
For what I'll never know
I tried to be myself
To do it my own way
Turned into someone else
Somewhere along the way
A fragile grip on hope
A struggle for control
Pulling at the noose
Strangling my soul
I once believed in every lie that I was told
I always chased the promise of another fool's gold
I stumbled through the dark
Got lost out in the cold
Confusion, loss and fear become part
Part of your soul
I've sat in wonder fallen asunder
I've seen what hate can do
I trust in love, do you?
The war goes on and on
A battle every day
Between the strength of love
And the power of pain
I tried to be myself
To do it my own way
Turned into someone else
Somewhere along the way
A fragile grip on hope
Never in control
How can you be yourself
When you have lost your soul
I once believed in every lie that I was told
I always chased the promise of another fool's gold
I stumbled through the dark
Got lost out in the cold
Confusion, loss and fear become part
Part of your soul