There's something I'm beginning to understand:
This is an education;
That maybe we are students all our days,
And death is our graduation.
Cos I'm in a menagerie with all sorts of strange creatures
Trying to learn how I should behave and what to imitate
Everybody wants to have a good time
Everybody wants to feel a high
I wish it was as simple as
Following my impulses
But that don't always turn out right
Give me an education
Give me an education
I've accepted life is a practical degree
And nothing is simulated
Trial and error stamped all over me oh
This process is fascinating
I'd hoped I'd have evolved by now but I am still a strange creature
Where head and heart must coexist there will be fisticuffs
I don't want to do anything stupid
But I don't want to miss out on the fun
Sometimes I can lose my mind
And then I have to improvise
Far too easy to get wrong
Give me an education
Give me an education
Oh discipline
I don't like your sting
But I want the wisdom that you bring
Oh discipline
I don't like it but I need you
Yeah sometimes I don't like the way I'm learning
Sometimes it hardly seems fair
But the puzzles on my page
Are in ink, I can't erase them
So I just gotta do my best
Give me an education
Give me an education
Oh discipline
I don't like your sting
But I want the wisdom that you bring
Oh discipline
I don't like it but I need you.
Oh discipline
I don't like your sting
But I want the wisdom that you bring
Oh discipline
I don't like it but I need you.
I need... I need...
There's something I'm beginning to understand:
This is an education.
credits
released March 26, 2021
Performed by Noralyn
Music & Lyrics by Noralyn
Produced by Noralyn
Vocals recorded by Steve Kempnich at Airlock Studio
Mixed by Luke Munns at The LakeHaus Studio
Mastered by Matthew Gray at Matthew Gray Mastering
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