I'm Ready To Be Happy

[Verse 1]

The first step to joy is a strange confession,

A whisper we hide in the dark.

I’ll be happy, sure—but only on one condition,

If the world will hand me the part.

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I bargain with love, I bargain with fate,

Saying "yes, but not yet, I’ll wait."

 

[Chorus]

I’m ready to be happy—if I get this and that,

If the dream unfolds just the way I’ve planned.

But what I’m really saying when I draw that line,

Is "without you, I won’t let light my light shine."

We’ve been taught, been programmed, to chain our delight,

To people, to places, to thrills of the night.

 

[Verse 2]

I told my friend, my god, my lover,

"You are the key to my peace."

And if you slip away, if you choose another,

Then my joy must cease.

 

[Pre-Chorus]

It sounds like devotion, but it’s really a cage,

Trading freedom for a script on the stage.

 

[Chorus]

I’m ready to be happy—if I get this and that,

If the dream unfolds just the way I’ve planned.

But what I’m really saying when I draw that line,

Is "without you, I won’t let my light shine."

We cannot imagine a smile on our face,

Without our conditions, without that place.

 

[Bridge]

But what if happiness waits in the air,

Not tied to your voice, not tied to your stare?

What if the first step is letting it be,

Not mine, not yours, but simply free?

 

[Final Chorus]

I’m ready to be happy, no bargains, no chains,

Not anchored to loss, not tethered to gain.

And if I dare admit what I didn’t see,

It was I all along who could set me free.