under a cloud

it's august again and i'm on my own

i'm under a cloud and i'm staying home

the telephone rings and i am hiding out

rituals carved on a well-worn path

it's up with people but i'm failing that class

so many reasons to smile but i'm happy to doubt

i'm under a cloud and no one knows

under a cloud while beauty unfolds like a rose

i've been down so long i've got a fear of heights

my mind keeps telling me that something's not right

so i walk in the sun in my rain hat and overcoat

it makes no sense and it's so surreal

despite what you see i fear what i feel

and i'm bailing out water from this lush lifeboat

i'm under a cloud and no one knows

under a cloud while beauty unfolds like a rose

it's a terrible life

but none of it ever happened

i have my sunny

sunny days

always served blackened

i'm under a cloud and no one knows

under a cloud while beauty unfolds

i'm under a cloud and no one knows

under a cloud while beauty unfolds like a rose

like a rose

bailing out water from this lush lifeboat

bailing out water from this lush lifeboat