This Thing They Call Wonderful (For Theo)

There used to be a happy child
 But he went away
 Like he stepped off the train
 And he's playing so hard to get
 Like, why won't he come back and stay?
 The innocent former he, still lives on inside
 Not a teardrop in sight
 On the outside, behind his eyes
 It's dark and he's crying at night
 But it's not that I'm sad, I'm just emotional
 This is my dark day turned vocal
 But why don't we just settle on down, turn the TV, something easy?
 Getting so sick and tired of this town
 But I'm holding on 'cause everyone is telling me "it'll all be just fine"
 So come on on round, don't believe me?
 You should see me on this spiralling merry-go-round
 So out of control that I just wanna be home for the night
 So I question me, my sanity, the rhythms of my mind
 This thing they call a wonderful life
 The lightning strikes, I wonder why and I just can't deny
 This thing they call a wonderful life
 A conflict that he can't control
 He tries to know it all
 Maybe perfect don't exist no more
 He's running circles round and round
 But always seems to fall down to the ground
 But it's not that I'm sad, I'm just emotional
 This is my dark day turned vocal
 But why don't we just settle on down, turn the TV, something easy?
 Getting so sick and tired of this town
 But I'm holding on 'cause everyone is telling me "it'll all be just fine"
 So come on on round, don't believe me?
 You should see me on this spiralling merry-go-round
 So out of control that I just wanna be home for the night
 So I question me, my sanity, the rhythms of my mind
 This thing they call a wonderful life
 The lightning strikes, I wonder why and I just can't deny
 This thing they call a wonderful life
 This thing they call a wonderful life