Altered State Lyrics - Separate Ways - Teddy Thompson

So far things have been all right 

No complaints, oh, this is the good life 

But sometimes I need more 

Just to get up and out the door 

I like to live in an altered state 

It makes me love all the things I hate 

And I'm happy to be alive 

Don't want to come off too straight 

I like to put on my happy face 

While I cry on the inside 

Is it so hard to be happy? 

That I struggle to feel just okay 

And I need a lift just to get through 

Just to get up to normal with you 

I like to live in an altered state 

It makes me love all the things I hate 

And I'm happy to be alive 

Don't want to come off too straight laced 

I like to put on my happy face 

While I cry on the inside 

Yeah, sometimes I need more 

Just to get up off the floor 

I like to live in an altered state 

It makes me love the things I hate 

And I'm happy to be alive 

Don't want to come off too straight laced 

I like to put on my happy face 

While I cry on the inside