On Your Own

Raine Maida recently produced a solo album with help from his wife. This is the first single. The video for this song was shot in Toronto where Raine walked around with his guitar, singing this song, with his case open to raise money for War Child Canada.


"Yellow Brick Road"
Raine Maida
The Hunter's Lullaby (2007)

I remember the days when we talked for hours
And we were young, we thought we had superpowers
We kissed the sky, expanded our minds, thought we could fly
We were dreamers and we’d never die
We were young punks but we showed potential
Us against the world
We weren’t sentimental
We weren’t our problems our age or our paychecks
And we weren’t taking any body’s shit

If I knew now what I knew then I’d
Back up, do it all again, I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road
Knew now what I knew then, I’d
Back up do it all again I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road

C'mon, c'mon wise up
C'mon, c'mon wise up
C'mon, c'mon wise

The winters were cold but we had your parent's basement
This underground was for sinners and we embraced it
Magic pills, fairy tales, Sid Barrett’s ghost
Yeah we all got on that spaceship
We measured our lives in coffee spoons
And those Friday nights quickly turned into Sunday afternoons
We weren’t our money our muscles or our regrets
We were having a near life experience

If I knew now what I knew then I’d
Back up, do it all again, I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road
Knew now what I knew then, I’d
Back up do it all again I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road

I remember the days when we talked for hours
And we were young, we thought we had superpowers
We want our problems our age or our paychecks
And we weren’t taking any body’s shit

If I knew now what I knew then I’d
Back up, do it all again, I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road
Knew now what I knew then, I’d
Back up do it all again I’d take a bow, take it real slow
Take a ride down that yellow brick road

C'mon, c'mon wise up
C'mon, c'mon wise up
C'mon, c'mon wise