The story of my life In a four minute slice of time Possibly a piece of auto fiction Coloring the story, my best addiction Still, even as a kid A little nomad with a strange bag of tricks Too much self obsession and a mystical bent Don't play well with others hardly heaven sent And then a sound Sent from who knows what kind of place? But it's all around Sending me into outer space It's good, it's good to know That it's always ringing out From before in the afterglow Where I hear it singing out Cut to present day I'm getting pretty good at getting in my own way Not my finest hour I'm well and truly pissed Might as well add it To the ever growing list Of my many phases I want to see the light through various hazes And something pulls me back, oh for heaven's sake I get my act together, a total piece of cake Then the sound Filling the room inside my heart Where love abounds And the villains are torn apart It's good, it's good to know There's a fair few friends lookin' out To say what's up, or maybe just hello And tell me whatever it's all about It's good, it's good to know That I still have reasons Reasons enough, but even, even so I am lost in this season It's good, it's good to know When that feeling comes through me As I listen to the radio It's the song that chooses me It's good, it's good to know That it's always ringing out From before in the afterglow Where I hear it singing out