One small step forward
Two steps back
Three steps behind
The man in black

If man is five
And God is seven
Ride a ladder
Up to Heaven

Eleven balances the force
And thirteen rides
On a pale horse

After the lightning
Seventeen
Falls to the sea
Don't say --

I can say anything I want to say
And you can keep yourself from hearing
But you cannot stop me from speaking

I have a voice
And you can block it out
Cover people's ears with tape
But I can say anything I want to say

Life has claws
Life has teeth
Life is a conqueror
Life is a thief

Life is blood
Life is joy
Life is wild
Nothing is free

Life is incredibly confusing and complicated and scary
We are able to go on living because we are
Clever and courageous and strong
It's OK to admit sometimes that life is difficult
Sometimes we don't know what it means
Or if it's worth it to find out
But still we keep trying
Not because life is easy or straightforward or clean
But because there is no sense in not trying
If you are already falling
You might as well try to fly
And sing your own song all the way to the ground

O if we could only see
How much we need each other
Would we still spend our precious time
Trying to defeat each other?

The cannibalism won't stop
Till all of us are dead
Humanity is like a hydra
Eating its own head

You love your country
I'm sure that you do
I'm sure they all loved
Their countries too

You love your country
That's how you explain it
You love your country
And I love my planet

No matter how removed, how far
We are all made of the same stars
Beyond the pale, between the lines
Inextricably intertwined

Our consciousness holds us apart
From the Great Mother's other stars
But at the moment that we die
The Earth becomes part of the sky