happy just to be

i was ever lame and once was there

shallow diggin' deep

with hope and heart to heal

fell into a hole we had dug

covered with some leaves

covered you and me

seems so complicated now we're down

and wanting to be free

i'm happy just to be

and when you feel the running

must have set its roots

all other heaviness will one day call a truce

i'm happy just to be

felt it as it angled its way through

a sight i'd never seen

and saw it stickin' through

pulled as much as i could force myself

and it would never do

no matter how i try

and now it comes to festering and swell

needle stitchin' threat

and close it once it's clean

and when you feel the running

must have set its roots

all other heaviness will one day call a truce

i'm happy just to be