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