And you you can stand next to but you never stand by And you choose who we'll be friends to and expect me by your side Then I smile at those you don't want me to and I'll fight you if I like I won't laugh if I don't want to and I don't have to tell you why I I hear the sound of what's getting you down it's the same Sound as when a mermaid drowns and I hear the sound I can hear it There's nothing like tea after a wing ding to make you feel alive I've seen all of you that I want to big part of my life Now I want to smile a while and I want to see a lion And I want to wait a while then I want to see it all it all And then I hear the sound of an autocratic church Of a different God crash down I can hear the sound It's when a mermaid drowns and I heal her And I want to smile a while and I want to see a lion And I want to wait a while and I want to see it all Like tea after a wing ding to make you feel alive And I've seen all that I want of you big part of my life And I and I hear the sound of what's getting you down It's the same sound as when mermaids drown I hear the sound of an autocratic church Of a different God crash down I hear the sound Of a different calling I hear the sound mermaids drown