| I propose to climb Mount Normal
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| My expidition needs supply
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| And fortune smiles upon the fool
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| Who gives at least a try
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| And in the quest to take Mount Normal
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| I’ve no Sherpa for a guide
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| It’s the kind of trek that feels its way
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| As I sacrifice my pride
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| And deign to dare to risk rejection
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| From what I don’t know how to fake
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| So much that I would give to this
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| And I don’t know what to take
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| And I am scaling up Mount Normal
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| And I get higher every day
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| And I dream to be somebody else
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| And every night I pray
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| That I will stand atop Mount Normal
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| Proudly survey the land and sea
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| And have happy endings if I grasp
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| And cling to normalcy
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| Well I am halfway up Mount Normal
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| From here at least it looks that way
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| Because I notice in the newer eyes
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| A fear I lack today
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| And it occurred to me this summit
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| Is something everybody seeks
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| We’re so aware the precipice
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| While we dream about the peaks
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| And I am scaling up Mount Normal
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| And I get higher every day
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| And I dream to be somebody else
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| And every night I pray
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| That I will stand atop Mount Normal
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| Proudly survey the land and sea
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| And have happy endings if I grasp
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| And cling to normalcy
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| And I’ll chip at icy obstacles
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| Until this mountain is secure
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| Then I will realize and find my way
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| At least I’m reasonably sure
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| When I an high atop Mount Normal
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| I’ll finally forgive the past
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| And feel at once that I belonged
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| To normalcy at last
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| And I’m high atop Mount Normal
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| And I get higher every day
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| And I dream to be somebody else
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| And every night I pray
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| That I will stand atop Mount Normal
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| Proudly survey the land and sea
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| And have happy endings if I grasp
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| And cling to normalcy
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| And we are scaling up Mount Normal
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| And we get higher every day
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| And we dream to be somebody else
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| And every night we pray
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| Someday we’ll stand atop Mount Normal
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| Proudly survey the land and sea
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| And have happy endings if we grasp
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| And cling to normalcy |