I slipped on an icy patch of road
It was a great fall-so I'm told, and when I woke I couldn't see what was around me
And as I lay there in the cold,
I thought about growing old with no ability to see,
And how it killed me
'Cause I thought about it all of the time but just like the others
I'd never expect that fate could be for a normal guy like me
And the irony that now I can't see, I saw none above us
And the revelation oh I can't tell you what it meant to me
And so all my life had changed; priorities were rearranged
I told my friends I'd seen the light when my head hit the ground that night
They didn't understand at all- thought I was fucked up from the fall
So I explained and changed their views-
That's why I need to talk to you
'Cause I thought about it all of the time but just like the others
I'd never expect that fate could be for a normal guy like me
And the irony that now I can't see, I saw none above us
And the revelation oh I can't tell you what it meant to me
credits
from Just Like the Others,
released August 21, 2012
Music and lyrics: Matthew Wood
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