Houdini

As long as I remember I've been learning to escape

I lock myself in places, situations I can't change

I feel older than my age is, they say I'm too young to know

Tomorrow's my 10th birthday, I'll take my BMX and go

I'll be a master of illusion, and live by the honor code

I'll do my work in private and I'll keep my secrets close

I'm sick of all the grownups, and how everybody lies

Don't ever under-estimate a kid with seven lives

Break away like Houdini

While there's still some mystery

Tomorrow you won't see me

By the time you find this tape

I'll have made my great escape

They put me in these boxes, with too many locks to pick

Running out of breath is how I lost life number six

But I know I'm getting better, I'll do anything to survive

And I think I kind of like life number five

Break away like Houdini

While there's still some mystery

Tomorrow you won't see me

By the time you find this tape

I'll have made my great escape

I'm out here on my own now, with no family or friends

Chains I can get out of, it's love I don't understand

I guess there's only so much escaping you can do

And just like that I burned lives four to two

Break away like Houdini

While there's still some mystery

Tomorrow you won't see me

By the time you find this tape

I'll have made my great escape

I'm older now and wondering why I wanted to get out

So I found that tape and listened to me say the

Words out loud

I'm sure I can't remember what I kept running to

What I made them think was magic wasn't true

Break away like Houdini

While there's still some mystery

Tomorrow you won't see me

By the time you find this tape

I'll have made my great escape

So gone is all the glamour, the crowds, the mystery

For my final trick I'll tell you how life up here looks to me

Even someone like Houdini never really got away

I guess I'm outta lives now, I wish I cherished every day

When you only have one life, you better cherish every day