Misfit Toys (Welcome, Citizen Remix)

For the first time in over 25 years
I had written the words before I had even
Imagined the melody
It wasn't just deeply contemplative poetry
This was therapy

Beached on the shore
Like a hopeful corpse
Waiting for a rescuer
Hoping to be seen
Oh, but tragically
The tides, they choose a different course

But I'll keep holding my breath
No I'm not finished yet
A song is rising from the storm

I've been livin' on the island of
Misfit toys
Not by choice
I've been living the shadows of
A sleeping giant
Unalive
Wake me up to myself
Wake me up to myself
God, I need your help
Wake me up
Wake up

Helpless to escape
This unwelcome fate
I rise restless to the isle
Oh, but to my surprise
Not unlike Jonah's eyes
I see there's much more here at stake

So I'll keep holding my breath
I know that I'm not finished yet
Why am I still so insecure?

I've been livin' on the island of
Misfit toys
Not by choice
I've been living the shadows of
A sleeping giant
Unalive
Wake me up to myself
Wake me up to myself
Wake me to myself

Get me out of here
Get me out of my head
Get me out of my head

I've been livin' on the island of
Misfit toys
Not by choice
I've been living the shadows of
A sleeping giant
Unalive
Wake me up to myself
Wake me up to myself
God, I need your help