You could spend a lifetime all aloneLooking for the closest thing to homeBut you’ll never know if you don’t tryTo believe the quiet child insideOnce you were freeWas it just meWho believed in a picture that you always carried with yaTo be close to meYou would pretendTo forget the endOf the same tired story ’cause you liked to hear me tell it againAnd againYou could spend a lifetime all aloneLooking for the closest thing to homeBut you’ll never know if you don’t tryTo believe the quiet child insideClever and kindYou left that behindFor a safe social circle that would lead you to the head of the lineIn good timeBut I can see signsThe clues left behindJust a hint of affection that eluded my detection alrightThat’s alrightYou could spend a lifetime all aloneLooking for the closest thing to homeBut you’ll never know if you don’t tryTo believe the quiet child inside