Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

Published by WB Music Corp./EMI Virgin Music, Inc. - ASCAP/Ensign Music Corporation/Rude Music, Inc. - BMI



This thing we call an existence, I stand here

Trying to make some sense of it all

Each pathway offers resistance, I force a smile

But it's just not from the heart

I'm wrong for the part

And I work like a dog to get even, take my chances

And go on believin', though deep in my heart I dream

Of breakin' away



I'm livin' a half-life

No point of dimension

Trying to find my way

Do we search in the dark

You and I, we're livin' a half-life

Beyond our pretensions

We're much the same

We search for the spark



Behind the smoke screen around me

There beats a heart that is simple, dreams that are mine

We're only here for a moment, we try and capture the magic

Somehow in time, we make it all rhyme

And we work like a dog to get even, take our chances

And go on believin', though deep in our hearts we dream

Of breakin’ the chains



Are we all livin' a half-life

No point of dimension

Trying to find our way

Do we search in the dark

You and I, we're livin' a half-life

Beyond our pretensions

We're much the same

We search for the spark



And I work like a dog to get even

Take my chances and go on believin'

Though deep in my heart I dream of breakin' away



I'm livin' a half-life

No point of dimension

Trying to find my way

Do we search in the dark

You and I, we're livin' a half-life

Beyond our pretensions

We're much the same

We search for the spark

Am I livin' a half-life

No point of dimension

Trying to find my way

Do we search in the dark

You and I, we're livin' a half-life