With so many different paths we make
Along the way to take these days
In making sure you're path is straight
Say what you'll do, do what you say

Giving it all much needed thought
To do what's right and not what's wrong
Forward motion, moving on
No looking back to past problems

Although there's always up's and downs
Twist's and turns, round about's
Before too late you find this out
The miles, the means, no need to count

The way you move is up to you
Depending on your attitude
And which path you choose to use
Make or break, win or lose

i have this enemy
i'll kindly call me
we battle it out
continuously

not sure why i do
half the things that i do
i give up control
every time i let loose

i started out right
never crossing the line
till i selfishly caved
to i, me, and mine

now we fight back and forth
daily of course
while asking myself
could it get any worse

that's when i reply
with do it or die
with the things that i do
i keep questioning why

No need to show me anything
Especially if it's true
Ignorance is bliss
Here without a clue
Certainly don't need a different point
When it comes to views
No idea of where we're heading
When letting others choose

Point the way whom to hate
And who's rear end to kiss
Blindly doing what they say
Ignorance is bliss
Horses led to water
Chomping at the bit
All but drawn and quartered
In the way we live

Whispering, deceiving
The best secret kept
No one needs convincing
Ignorance is bliss
No need to show me anything
To get this cart upset
Oranges to apple's
Happily ignorant

Put it in a shinny bottle
***** the lid on tight
Ship it out in boxfuls
Pack it tight on ice

Give it a fancy label
Always under different names
Sweeten it with sugar
The taste is bitter just the same

Buying it like it's going out of style
The best thing since sliced bread
Being none the wiser
We keep on chugging it

Over time used to the taste
Not like we're loving it
Still not letting a drop go to waste
As we are daily fed

So pass around the bottle
Shake it up real nice
Hold our hands in coddle
As we let the snake oil bite

Masterful at magic tricks
With nothing seen up your  sleeve
Slight of hand always in the mix
Every time you up and leave

No band of gold could hold you down
Or mirror revel the truth
This ancient secret can not be found
You're that good at what you do

Is it in the do or in the say
This slight of hand that's come to light
No matter how your wand is waved
You will never quite escape my mind

You could up and saw yourself in two
Then go this way while going that
I must confess this simple truth
I have yet to check behind your back

You do your best to levitate
In the up, up, and away
To broken hearts you can't be chained
All of this your best forte

Hard sometimes to see the signs
The hand being quicker than the eye
Pull back the curtains and you will find
You will never quite escape my mind

we pledge our allegiance
to a God we believe
begging forgiveness
fulfill our needs
and then we move on
to do as we please
no change of heart
no dirt on our knees

used as convenience
to combat our deeds
as fire insurance
as guilt relief
and then we move on
paying no heed
memory gone
no dirt on our knees

to show that we mean it
on cue we weep
take it or leave it
one day a week
and then we move on
with dead lines to meet
no hope in our growth
no dirt on our knees

just when you feel it's over
just when you think it's through
just when you get wind of
there's nothing you can do

every storm that you take
are a few drops of rain
put it in that frame
you can make it one more day

just when you lose all hope
just when you can't decide
a reasonable way to cope
under which rock you can hide

if you're looking for a sign
pointing to a better place
keep this thought in mind
you can make it one more day