All This Joy-Matt Singer

[00:19.74]i have been living impatiently [00:21.95]yes i'd become a passionate drinker [00:24.71]waiting has not been my cup of tea [00:26.91]so I have thrown it all away [00:29.59]everyone looks at me skeptically [00:31.59]as though this were not my true demeanor [00:34.24]but they know not of what I am capable [00:36.56]therefore they have nothing to say [00:38.61]i run to the woods and look around [00:41.68]all I see is my reflection [00:43.73]so I howl like I am a wolf [00:46.08]and take my clothes off [00:48.68]the caribou cheer, the squirrels rejoice, [00:50.92]the birds and fish change direction [00:53.48]to catch a glimpse of all this joy [00:55.85]that is much deeper than just for the weekend [01:08.55]there are suckers who give up too easily [01:10.96]and many of them are my homies [01:13.45]they clean up their rooms and they read their books [01:15.66]and they always have something to say [01:18.08]there was a time when I ran to them [01:20.58]always in search of approval [01:22.81]now I look at them all with a broken heart [01:25.37]wishing their sadness away [01:27.23]i run to the woods and look around [01:29.63]all I see is my reflection [01:32.19]so I howl like I am a wolf [01:34.36]and take my clothes off [01:36.93]the caribou cheer, the squirrels rejoice, [01:39.13]the birds and fish change direction. [01:41.69]to catch a glimpse of all this joy [01:44.04]that is much deeper than just for the weekend [01:49.87]and soon I will sit beside myself [01:56.99]for the wind that fills my sails [02:01.69]is the same one that blew me over [02:06.62]when optimism fails I reach for something more [02:16.01]the wind that fills my sails [02:20.43]is the same one that blew me over [02:25.49]when optimism fails I reach for something more [02:37.46]and soon I will sit beside myself, yeah [03:02.84]there are boys and girls living in secrecy [03:05.31]pushed to the ground by their elders [03:07.62]forbidden to run and commanded to hide [03:09.99]and to watch every word that they say [03:12.55]i was the same until recently [03:14.81]when I discovered the illusion [03:17.17]and we're only as free as we let ourselves be [03:19.58]and its time we shut up and play [03:21.58]i run to the woods and look around [03:23.83]all I see is my reflection [03:26.43]so I howl like I am a wolf [03:28.73]and take my clothes off [03:31.09]the caribou cheer, the squirrels rejoice, [03:33.26]the birds and fish change direction [03:35.76]to catch a glimpse of all this joy [03:38.17]that is much deeper than just for the weekend [03:45.14]deeper than just for the weekend...