[Verse 1]

As long as I remember

I’ve been learning to escape

I lock myself in places

Situations I can’t change

I feel older than my age is

They say I’m too young to know

Tomorrow’s my 10th birthday

I’ll take my BMX and go

[Verse 2]

I’ll be a master of illusion

And live by the honor code

I’ll do my work in private

And I’ll keep my secrets close

I’m sick of all the grownups

And how everybody lies

Don’t ever underestimate

A kid with seven lives

[Chorus]

Break away like Houdini

While there’s still some mystery

Tomorrow you won’t see me

[Post-Chorus]

By the time you find this tape

I’ll have made my great escape

[Verse 3]

They put me in these boxes

With too many locks to pick

Running out of breath is how

I lost life number six

But I know I’m getting better

I’ll do anything to survive

And I think I kind of like life

Number five

[Chorus]

Break away like Houdini

While there’s still some mystery

Tomorrow you won’t see me

[Post-Chorus]

By the time you find this tape

I’ll have made my great escape

[Bridge]

I’m out here on my own now

With no family or friends

Chains I can get out of

It’s love I don’t understand

I guess there’s only so much

Escaping you can do

And just like that

I burned lives four to two

[Chorus]

Break away like Houdini

While there’s still some mystery

Tomorrow you won’t see me

[Post-Chorus]

By the time you find this tape

I’ll have made my great escape

[Verse 4]

I’m older now and wondering

Why I wanted to get out

So I found that tape and listened

To me saying the words out loud

I’m sure I can’t remember

What I kept running to

What I made them think was magic

Wasn’t true

[Verse 5]

So gone is all the glamour

The crowds, the mystery

For my final trick I’ll tell you

How life up here looks to me

Even someone like Houdini

Never really got away

I guess I’m outta lives now

I wish I cherished every day

[Outro]

When you only have one life

You better cherish every day