[Verse 1]

Banging on a drum

You turned me loose

Maybe I'm the living proof

What have I been running from?

[Verse 2]

I went down to the corner

They're building up my block

Maybe I've been gone too long

I can't go back

Oh, lonesome

I will protect

I'll keep improving

Taking me home

I'm always changing

Now I suppose

I'm only moving

I'm in Chicago

Come to me now

I know the path

I know it's changing

I know the pain

The pain you've been feeling

I've been to the place

That you've tried escaping

I can't recall

What I believe in

I'm always changing

Love overflowing

[Verse 3]

But I'm rising

And I'm damaged

Oh, rising

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