Lyric

Open a book and see the perfect phrase

Romantic words that set the page ablaze

But when I brew a cup of tea, and see the stalk

Standing upright, it’s a tiny happy shock

There are so many quiet joys that we can find

Tumbling around the daily life we left behind

Rather than a grand romance inside a novel’s bind

I prefer a paler story, gentle and refined

It’s got that human touch I always like to find

Turn on the radio and hear a lovely air

Songs of the heart, drifting through the prayer

But when the track I requested starts to play

That sudden little joy brightens up my day

There are so many quiet joys that we can find

Tumbling around the daily life we left behind

Rather than a flawless song that flatters and pretends

I prefer the clumsy words that fail to make amends

It’s got that human flaws on which the soul depends

Running all around, making our mistakes

Down in the lower dimension where the heartbeat wakes

Scurrying about, through the highs and lows

Yeah, that’s what makes us human, and that's the way it goes

Just running around

That’s the beauty of it all