once familiar way to go
twice the time away to know
that i was never goin’ back again
maybe
i built a wall and lost it
i built a bridge and crossed it
i built a life that’s happenin’
and i know where you are
and where you been
and where you’re not willing to go
maybe i’m just not fakin’ it
maybe there’s no mistakin’ it
maybe it’s not me back again
na, na, na, na, na, na
yet one more believin’ it
takin’ my chance; i’m leavin’ it
gettin’ the hell outta hell, friend
singin’ the song — i’m makin’ it
waking the world — i’m shakin’ it
lovin’ the beginning of the end
and i know here i am
and there i’ve been
and where it’s a long, slow death to go
looks like i’m goin’ anywhere
my success, my somewhere
looks like not lookin’ back again
na, na, na, na, na, na
who is it that said, “this too shall pass”
how did i see through the broken glass
why to be so lost, so blind to see
how was it so long, to believe in me
hard to believe it’s gotta be
those who would love don’t gotta see
that a departure gets you home
i remember everything
pick up the phone it’s gonna ring
karma will tell you where to go
and i know who i am
who i’ve been
with and who i can’t run from
this isn’t life’s great mystery
this is a personal history
this isn’t me who’s back again
na, na, na, na, na, na