Mount Normal

And have happy endings if I grasp
And I'll chip at icy obstacles
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And I dream to be somebody else
I've no Sherpa for a guide
And every night we pray
From here at least it looks that way
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And we dream to be somebody else
And in the quest to take Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And deign to dare to risk rejection
And have happy endings if we grasp
And we get higher every day
When I an high atop Mount Normal
Who gives at least a try

Proudly survey the land and sea
And I am scaling up Mount Normal

We're so aware the precipice
At least I'm reasonably sure

And every night I pray
And I get higher every day
Is something everybody seeks
While we dream about the peaks
And I am scaling up Mount Normal
From what I don't know how to fake
As I sacrifice my pride
And feel at once that I belonged

And I get higher every day

That I will stand atop Mount Normal

Someday we'll stand atop Mount Normal
And I'm high atop Mount Normal
Then I will realize and find my way
And every night I pray
To normalcy at last
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
I'll finally forgive the past
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
A fear I lack today
And I dream to be somebody else

And cling to normalcy
Until this mountain is secure

And it occurred to me this summit
And I don't know what to take
And we are scaling up Mount Normal
And every night I pray

So much that I would give to this

And cling to normalcy
Because I notice in the newer eyes
And I dream to be somebody else

And cling to normalcy
Well, I am halfway up Mount Normal
And I get higher every day
It's the kind of trek that feels its way

And fortune smiles upon the fool