[Verse 1]
It's dark and I'm trying to find
A state of mind where I can hide away

Knocking on people's doors, greeted with open arms
But it's no secret I'm not welcome where I stay
I've been struggling on, trying to belong

To face after familiar face
But I give in to fear and a curtained room
With no comfort but the warmth in his embrace


[Chorus]
Oh, if I could say

Without being afraid
Or him raising a hand
I'd say you know I have hopes

I have some dreams
And I have the right to make a stand
So here is the line

The line to my place
The place that I call my own
And you will leave me alone

Cos here I stand

[Verse 2]

It's cold outside, crouched by a light
Holding up pictures in the same hand as my smoke
How happy I was then, look at my smile

I, I must have been on dope
How the times have changed, how little danger
I get into by choice

Kids, they keep me sane, numb from the pain
Cos they know how to raise their voices, oh, whoa


[Chorus]
Oh, if I could say
Without being afraid

Or him raising a hand
I'd say you know I have hopes
I have some dreams

And I have the right to make a stand
So here is the line
The line to my place

The place that I call my own
And tell them all here I stand


Here I stand
Here I stand
Here I stand


[Chorus]
Oh, if I could say

Without being afraid
Or him raising a hand
I'd say you know I have hopes

I have some dreams
And I have the right to make a stand
So here is the line

The line to my place
The place that I call my own
And you will leave me alone

Cos here I stand
Cos here I stand
Here I stand