Maybe (Next To Normal)

Diana:

Maybe I've lost it at last.

Maybe my last lucid moment has passed.

I'm dancing with death, I supposed...

But really, who knows?

Could be I'm crazy to go

They say you should stay

With the devil you know.

But when life needs a change,

And the one devil won't,

You fly to the devil you don't.

Maybe I'm tired of the game

Of coming up short, of the rules,

Of the shame.

And maybe you feel that way, too

I see me in you.

A girl full of anger and hope.

A girl with a mother who just

Couldn't cope

A girl who felt caught,

And thought no one could see

But maybe one day she'll be free.

Natalie:

It's so lovely that you're sharing.

No, really, I'm all ears.

But where has all this caring been

For sixteen years?

For all those years I prayed that

You'd go away for good

Half the time afraid that

You really would.

When I thought you

Might be dying

I cried for all

We'd never be.

But there'll be

No more crying... [Diana:]

Not for me. Things will get better, you'll see.

Not for me... You'll see...

Not for me... You'll see...

Not for me... You'll see...

Not for me... You'll see...

Diana:

Maybe we can't be okay,

But maybe we're tough,

And we'll try anyway.

We'll live with what's real.

Let go of what's past,

And maybe I'll see you at last.

We tried to give you a normal life. I realize now I have no

clue what that is.

Natalie:

I don't need a life that's normal

That's way too far away,

But something... next to normal

Would be okay.

Yeah, something next to normal

That's the thing I'd like to try.

Close enough to normal

To get by.

Diana:

We'll get by.

Natalie:

We'll get by.