Disposable Camera

Before you come into the world

You should know there are things that will hurt and things that won't

Like scraping your knees on the asphalt

And the freedom right before you fell

And nobody tells it like it is

They say isn't it lovely and buck up kid

But you learn how to breathe just by doin' it

How to dream until you believe yourself

Takin' a picture to pass the time

A disposable camera it's alright

You'll be leanin' your head in the half light

What a feeling to be alive

Then impossible questions the heart will ask

You'll stumble around til the walls collapse

A bird hittin' hard on the mirror glass

Lookin' for something in someone else

And nobody tells it like it is

They say follow the good road and chin up kid

But you learn how to scream when the train comes in

And you feel the weight like you've never felt

Takin' a picture to capture it

A parade in the emptiness after it

You'll be ultramarine and violet

What a feeling to be alive

And nobody tells it like it is

They say don't rock the boat and shut up kid

That big black train is rolling in

And that deep down scream is growing

A hurricane come howl in the shot

Heard from the mountain of blessing

And a bird and I swear this will be worth it

And nobody tells it like it is

They say don't blow around on a different wind

But you're gone and you're not even listening

They were wrong and the wind is a living thing

And you're taking a picture you won't forget

Something real in the way you remember it

You'll be everything you'll be righteous

What a feeling to be alive

Before you come into the world

You should know there are things that will hurt and things that won't

Like scrapin' your knees on the asphalt

And the freedom right before you fell

And nobody tells it like it is

They say isn't it lovely and buck up kid

But you learn how to breathe just by doin' it

How to dream until you believe yourself