sit, stare, be silent
no touch, we break quiet
you long to feel the pulse of my heart
why can't we be
our captors laugh with glee
our tortured selves now kept too far a-part

when we were young
our thoughts were overhung
with dreams and things all acted out too soon
we tried to live
and to each other give
the sea the sky the stars the sun and the moon


i want to be us
i want to see us
and can it be us
i want to be us
i want to be us
not referee us
i want to free us
i want to be us


torture, caged
mind is enraged
how can everyone be so cruel
i do my best for you
i make it clear what i will do
but no one lets us be
they are all fools!

reject, rebel
escape from this hell
together we are flying soooo high
fields, the plains
our life now is sane
we lie and count the clouds
up in the sky


i want to be us
i want to see us
and can it be us
i want to be us
i want to be us
not referee us
i want to free us
i want to be us

no matter what they say
or what they do
i always keep on coming back to you


no matter what they say
or what they do
i always keep on coming back to you
through thick and thin
we will stick through
i always keep on coming back to you

no matter what they say (what they say)
or what they do (what they do)
i always keep on coming back to you (always keep on coming back to you)
through thick and thin (thick and thin)
we will stick through (will stick through)
i always keep on coming back to you (always keep on coming back to you)

i want to be us
i want to see us
and can it be us
i want to be us
i want to be us
not referee us
i want to free us
i want to be us

i want to be us (what they say)
i want to see us (what they do)
and can it be us (always keep on coming)
i want to be us (back to you)
i want to be us (thick and thin)
not referee us (we'll stick through)
i want to free us (always keep on coming)
i want to be us (back to you)


(what they say)
(what they do)
(always keep on coming back to you)
(thick and thin)
(we'll stick through)
(always keep on coming back to you)

no matter what they say (what they say)
or what they do (what they do)
i always keep on coming back to you (always keep on coming back to you)
through thick and thin (thick and thin)
we will stick through (will stick through)
i always keep on coming back to you (always keep on coming back to you)


i want to be us
i want to see us
i want to free us
i want to be us