I want to live in the world   Not inside my head   I want to live in the world   I want to stand and be counted      With the hopeful and the willing   With the open and the strong   With the voices in the darkness   Fashioning daylight out of song   And the millions of lovers   Alive in the world      I want to live in the world   Not behind some wall   I want to live in the world   Where I will hear if another voice should call      To the prisoner inside me   To the captive of my doubt   Who among his fantasies   Harbors the dream of breaking out   And taking his chances   Alive in the world      To open my eyes   And wake up alive in the world   To open my eyes   And finally arrive in the world      With its beauty and its cruelty   With its heartbreak and its joy   With it constantly giving birth to life   And to forces that destroy   And the infinite power of change   Alive in the world      To open my eyes   And wake up alive in the world   To open my eyes   And finally arrive in the world      To open my eyes   And wake up alive in the world   To open my eyes   And finally arrive in the world