"Ollie Ollie Oxen Free" lyrics

There was a time
When I felt truly alive but as time has it days go by
Don't get me wrong like pulling teeth still
I simply survive, and so on, and so on

Rationing out my words
It seems there's nowhere left to turn
Still I don't understand just what's going on

Just hold on and be strong, you belong in good company
Ollie ollie oxen free
Yeah so long a new song to bring us to sweet harmony
Ollie ollie oxen free
Looming over, throw up your hands, drawing closer, can you hear me?
Ollie ollie, ollie oxen free

Always one step behind
An evolutionary kink in the line, when's the last time you felt alive?
Locked deep in inside, hidden away, tell me, where do you turn
When there's no one to save you?

Trapped deep inside this host
Now calling out your name
I still don't understand just what's going on

Just hold on and be strong, you belong in good company
Ollie ollie oxen free
Yeah so long a new song to bring us to sweet harmony
Ollie ollie oxen free
Looming over, throw up your hands, drawing closer, can you hear me?
Ollie ollie, ollie oxen

All along, tripping on every stone, along the way
Paving your own path that's so far gone, the illusion, delusional days
Aggravation, deviation, face the pavement
Just pick yourself up again, now calling out your name

Just hold on and be strong, you belong in good company
Ollie ollie oxen free
Yeah so long a new song to bring us to sweet harmony
Ollie ollie oxen free
Looming over, throw up your hands, drawing closer, can you hear me?
Ollie ollie, ollie oxen
Ollie oxen free