Standing on the prow of the drunken boat
Coming in for some heavy weather
It’s getting harder just to stay afloat
Is this what we chose when we chose together?
I’m really sorry, I just never thought that this would happen
They say that life’s a journey – wow, I wish I had a map
The roads I followed here just didn’t seem to have a pattern
And so I blundered on, I never saw the trap

I know they say we should be grateful for the little things
I’m really trying but it’s hard for me to see the strings
I live in hope but I don’t know what anything’s about
Oh tell me tell me is there no way out?
I made a promise to myself that I intend to keep
Just never realised that any hill could be this steep
Can’t see the summit, all around me there’s just rising ground
I guess I’ll have to take the long way round
I guess I’ll have to take the long way round

The first time you nod your head and you never listen
The next time you take it in, you try to make a difference
The third and final time your hands are tied, your head is splitting
You know you should have listened harder in the first instance
I got to find a way to put the genie in the bottle
Can’t let myself go under, got way too much to give
So while I’m drowning don’t just sit there quoting Aristotle
I’m telling you now you have no idea what I’m dealing with

But we can break the cycle if we only see the pattern
I got us into this and now I’m going to get us out
I’ll take it step by step, I’ll just take each day as it happens
And slowly slowly turn the boat about
Before I give it up I’ve got to really really want to
Yeah this is something that I’m going to have to face alone
I once heard someone say something that I’m holding onto:
The long way round can be the short cut home

I made a promise to myself that I intend to keep
Just never realised that any hill could be this steep
Can’t see the summit, all around me there’s just rising ground
Forgive me if I take the long way round
I know they say we should be grateful for the little things
I’m really trying, it’s so hard for me to cut the strings
One day I’ll get there, then I’ll realise what it’s all about
It stands to reason there must be some way out
I’m telling you man there must be some way out
O tell me truly is there some way out?