It's hard for me to comprehend    Holding on with broken hands    But who will understand    Wallow in the acid rain    What's in store for us today    It's never gonna feel the same    I'm waiting for an angel now    To carry me above the clouds       Cause it's a long way home for the summer    And it's a long way up without a ladder    It's a long way home    And it's a long way down       Swallowing the bitter taste    Trying to find a remedy    Before the crystal breaks    Looking at a picture show    Frame by frame you see us grow    To something you don't know    You're trying to find a reason now    Behind a face, you see a child       It's a long way home for the summer    And it's a long way up without a ladder    And it's a long way home    And it's a long way down       Life's a picture show    Frame by frame we grow