Happy Place

I'm feeling that high hopes happy place
No time for haters when the right folks take the reins
Make no mistake, worry can wait
I take a heel to any snake who would rattle me out of my mood today

So what you talkin' 'bout, "nothing matters anymore"?
Why d'you keep breathing for?
On a visceral level you know there's reason to leave the floor
Let's find the bits of peace amid the war
I'm thinking 'bout people that I love that I'll see today
Maybe we'll break bread and watch some TV today
Oh, you feel that freedom, eh?
You wake up and you only see the cage, well I see the key
I see linear time stretched to the nth degree
I see back when the earth was green
And we first developed lungs to breathe
Summertime and the living was easy
Summertime and the living was easy

Well I don't mean to get esoteric
When there's fresh wounds
We as a people need to take care of
But taste a little possible
Brace for the onslaught
And it's not your fault
If you need to process anger to get to love
The happy place ain't a drive-through
The happy place can't find you
Until the time is true
But when it hits, boy, you know just as well as I do
Shout that shit from the rooftops
Joy is a viral kind of mood

So if you can't stand the heat, open the freezer door
And if you land in hot water make it a cannonball
We can hold all these emotions at once, it's incredible
When the world tosses you lemons, pretend that they're edible

I'm feeling that high hopes happy place
No time for haters when the right folks take the reins
Make no mistake, worry can wait
I take a heel to any snake who would rattle me out of my mood today

It could hit you on your walk home
It could hit you like heat hits popcorn - Bam!
Out of your shell, don't repress the rest of your show-and-tell
Be yourself, don't worry how long you should talk for
I know I've hit my happy place when I feel like
Making conversation with everyone in the elevator
Get the moment while it feels right
Tell your doubt that you're busy, call back later
It's a different flavour of life, I play with that savoury spice
Catch the wave as it rises as long as I can stay upright
Happy ain't transactional, I'm not paying a price
Sometimes it's nice just to lean into lightness
When I'm in I can be more decisive
Lead with my eyes wide open with love for the lifeless
I'm not always like this, I make my share of tight fists
Crinkle my eyelids, society's not where I'd like it to be
All the hurt in the world's piped right to my screen
And all the victories seem so tiny to me
And I remind myself to breathe through the grief
It's okay to go through sadness to feel free

So if you can't stand the heat, open the freezer door
And if you land in hot water make it a cannonball
We can hold all these emotions at once, it's incredible
When the world tosses you lemons, pretend that they're edible

I'm feeling that high hopes happy place
No time for haters when the right folks take the reins
Make no mistake, worry can wait
I take a heel to any snake who would rattle me out of my mood today