Once there was a time
I thought that I
Never would be without you
Now I look around and find
I'm on my own
And I can't stop thinking about you
Or to be on the bottom, once you've been on the top?
Had a good thing going
Didn't want it to stop
Oh why?
It's a lonely christmas morning
Now I'm out in the rain
And I can't find the sun
My summer vacation has turned into fall
The shade of it all

Now I'm so far away
(where'd ya go, where'd you go)
Without a home
(she's homeless)
Like a moon without a sun
(where's the sun, where's the sun)
Looking for a friendly face
I see so many
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5,7,8,9,10)
They only just remind me of one (one)

Now I'm trying to swim while I'm watching you fly
Feeling so low, so I try to stay high to fight
away all this hurting
And I try to look strong (strong), but I'm feeling so weak
I try to act big (so big), but you know that I'm small (so big)
The Shade of it all

Why's it gotta be like this
I can't be the only one on earth to feel like this
Look around and I see I've got the strength inside me
And it's been there
(it's been there)
Yeah, it's been there
(it's right there)
All along
Along!
(alooong)

Now I've got a brighter day
It's not the end
(it's not the end)
No, it seems the story's just begun
We've gotta fight away the shade
Let's start today
And we all can shine on as one

So let's take all the hate, and replace it with love
Take a journey below, so we can get up above
And the world can start rejoicing

You're the beacon of light
And you'll shine through the dark
We can light up the world
All it takes is a spark
That's all
We can light up the shade of it all

Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
lalalaalalal woh

Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
lalalaalalal woh
(so shady, so shady, so shady)

Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
lalalaalalal woh
(so shady, so shady, so shady)

Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
Du- du- du- du
lalalaalalal woh
(so shady, so shady, so shady)

Shade of it all
(so shady, so shady, so shady)

We can light up the shade of it all