someone please stand up, shine a light on y'self, out here in this fog
someone please stand up, and show me the way, show me the way to you.
i read in a book that you were going to come out to find me
i read in a book that i was going to be saved
and i'm ready, i wanna know if you know that i'm ready

if you think i don't have mixed emotions, well, you're wrong
i lived down here, in muck and tree roots, since well before you were born
but i see you out there, out there in the fog, in the dark
swinging a torch, and calling
call me out now
call me out now
i don't wanna be lost no more.

someone please stand up, shine that torch in the sky, illuminate this dark
someone please stand up, hold your hand out to me, pull me up, pull me up
i had a dream that someone was crying thinly, out in the night
i had a dream that i had to go find her
and was i shocked, was i ever, when i found she was crying for me

i told you once that i was okay, oh why, why did you believe me
i knew my place was here with you, long before i gave up hope and pleasure
i hang back and watch you climbing trees out there in the sun, in leaves
swinging your hammock strings, and humming
hum a bit louder now
hum a bit louder now
i don't wanna be quiet no more.