The Way It Used to Be (demo version 1996 - 1997)

[Verse 1]

Feeling sick once again

I'd give anything

To be back home

Safe and warm inside

I can't stand the crowds

Or the smell that surrounds me

The cloth and key

Still preach chastity

[Chorus 1]

Take me back so I can see

The way it used to be

[Verse 2]

I lay down and enter a dream

Unlike anywhere I've been

All is silent and sweet

Then I'm falling to the ground

And I'm lost from what I've found

Can't stand the sounds no more

[Chorus 1]

Take me back so I can see

The way it used to be

The way it used to be

[Chorus 2]

Move me from the watеr

Too cold to swim

Bring me to the land

Move mе from the water

That I see within

Bring me to the land

[Verse 3]

Radio waves splash through my head

To a rhythm that I crave

Radio waves relieve the moment

Seems like yesterday

Take me back to twelve mile bay

Where I'll sit at the edge with my feet in the water

Take me back as the sun fades away

Break down the walls so I can breathe

[Chorus 2]

Move me from the water

Too cold to swim

Bring me to the land

Move me from the water

That I see within

Bring me to the land

[Chorus 2]

Move me from the water

Too cold to swim

Bring me to the land

Move me from the water

That I see within

[Bridge]

The way it used to be

The way it used to be

[Chorus 2]

Move me from the water

Too cold to swim

Bring me to the land

Move me from the water

That I see within

Bring me to the land

[Chorus 2]

Move me from the water

Too cold to swim

Bring me to the land

Move me from the water

That I see within