Once I wanted to leave this place behind I was unhappy with my state of mind This place It does this to you Pulls you down like quicksand sinks you down Once I wanted to never leave my home I was unhappy but I knew I never was alone This place It does things to you Pulls you down like quicksand sinks you down Even a holiday could never sway This heavy sinking feeling down this way When the months turn the years into lengthy decades The days don't ever escape here with the waves And I still feel Singapore in my bones They break constantly On this isle of the unfree Just superficially free Pulls you down like quicksand sinks you down Once I had to travel to miss home The initial urge to leave had kept me so alone And stranded so far away from here Left me cold My health, it took a toll Once I had to swallow up my pride What I felt had come full-circle way down deep inside But so what? 'Cause that's life Live and learn the hard way That's my life Just be happy anywhere you'd ever be But happiest just right here in your being Be your happiest As long as you're in love To be in love enough Enough to give love