Bit of Both © Marco Akamawa

in my home it's warm and cozy

flat out open's not for me

without my shell i'll never travel

there's no place i'd rather be

my whole life i have been livin

in the nutshell of my mind

rain could pour it's saddening tears

or the sun would be too kind

when the wind was blowin' sharply

a safe shelter i would build

but still i'd feel it stinging

through the gaps of my own guilt

way down under nature's rooftop

oh i travelled east and west

took north and south both with me

couldn't choose which i liked best

    now i'm left of  all that's left

    i'm at home in my own mind

    i can climb any mountain

    nothin' left to leave behind

    i'm left of all that's left

    i am all that you can see

    i've no fear to swim the ocean

    by myself...if need be...

tried to be a master-builder

of everyone else's home sweet home

all the while that my own shelter

became my private pressure dome

somehow i managed to escape

swapped my mind over matter

threw in the towel took off the hat

once owned by some mad hatter

i'm a capricorn climbin' mountains

an ocean crab in its own shell

bit of both now we look and laugh

at that cancer out of hell

a capricorn climbin' mountains

an ocean crab in its own shell

bit of both now we look and laugh

at that cancer out of hell

    now i'm left of  all that's left

    i'm at home in my own mind

    i can climb any mountain

    nothin' left to leave behind

    i'm left of all that's left

    i am all that you can see

    i've no fear to swim the ocean

    by myself...if need be...