On an island that I know in a distant landnThe sun comes out each day and warms the sandnYeah, look at it rising from the seannI was in this special place when I first realizednThat there is something of which we are all deprivednYeah and that's just a little peacennIt's the story of our livesnWorking hard and striving without seeing what we lose along the waynWell I have finally found a sunny corner of my mind where I can stay sanennWhen the walls close innAnd the weight becomes too much to bearnYeah you know where to gonMake a getaway and find me therenFar awaynnFrom the struggle that I live with every daynGot nowhere to be so I just lay awakenAnd I'm searching for the realnnOh, and the sand beneath my feetnAbsorbs the blood and sweat I spill much better than concretenAnd I know if I found myself in trying times I'd close my eyesnAnd feel the ocean breezennWhoa, it's the story of our livesnWorking hard and striving without seeing what we lose along the waynWell I have finally found a sunny corner of my mind where I can stay sanennWhen the walls close innAnd the weight becomes too much to bearnYeah you know where to gonMake a getaway and find me therenFar awaynOh, so far awaynnWhen the walls close innAnd the weight becomes too much to bearnYeah you know where to gonMake a getaway and find me therenFar away