Maybe (Next To Normal)

Maybe i've lost it at last
Maybe my last lucid moment has passed
I'm dancing with death, I supposed
But really—who knows?

Could be I'm crazy to go
They say you should stay
With the devil you know
But when life needs a change
And the one devil won't
You fly to the devil you don't.

Maybe I'm tired of the game
Of coming up short, of the rules
Of the shame
And maybe you feel that way, too
I see me in you.

A girl full of anger and hope
A girl with a mother who just
Couldn't cope
A girl who felt caught
And thought no one could see
But maybe one day she'll be free.

It's so lovely that you're sharing
No, really, I'm all ears
But where has all this caring been
For sixteen years?

For all those years I prayed that
You'd go away for good
Half the time afraid that
You really would.

When I thought you
Might be dying
I cried for all
We'd never be
But there'll be
No more crying... Diana:
Not for me. Things will get better, you'll see
Not for me... You'll see
Not for me... You'll see
Not for me... You'll see
Not for me... You'll see

Maybe we can't be okay
But maybe we're tough
And we'll try anyway
We'll live with what's real
Let go of what's past
And maybe i'll see you at last
We tried to give you a normal life
I realize now I have no
Clue what that is.

I don't need a life that's normal
That's way too far away
But something next to normal
Would be okay.

Yeah, something next to normal
That's the thing I'd like to try
Close enough to normal
To get by
We'll get by
We'll get by.