We take our turn with what we've learned
Years of experience
Candles burned; both ends I've heard
Is no way to live

As the world turns, we move beyond
Where we once had been
Close the shades on progress made
Cause here we go again

Last in line, every time
We try our best to get ahead
Struggling with memory
Never learning to accept

What lays ahead if there's any left
Living in this robber's den
We act surprised when we find
That here we go again

From A to Z we're in too deep
This life of compromise
We concede there's nothing free
Not even a hard time

When the rules are made for fools
Life becomes a hit and miss
We all must have missed that bus
Cause here we go again

Sometimes I get to thinking
I can't help myself
Losing to life's meaning
Wishing I was someone else

It doesn't seem I'm happy
With who I truly am
A part of me thinks sadly
I wish I could but can't

Which drives me even deeper
Than I could hope to go
Fooled by the great deceiver
Losing out on hope

That I might climb out of this
If I only knew the way
Being my own Judas kiss
In whom I choose to betray

Which brings me back to circling
In the way I think
It's only me I'm hurting
With these thoughts I keep

Wishing I was someone else
Instead of whom I'm meant to be
Too often now, I've lost count
With all these things I socially think

are you afraid
to make a mistake
then have to pay the consequences

while all along
straddling on
the rail between two fences

never drawing the line
between the two sides
keeping your eyes out of focus

plan where you land
being soft sand
at least that's where your hope is

it's hard to believe
when caught in mid-leap
being so out of control

only to find
on the day that you die
the cost was, your very soul

Pick up your signs
And join in the fight
There’s nonsense to protest
In this waste of life

Here to make a difference
But what difference does it make
When the next thing comes along
There’s always someone new to hate

Pick up your signs
For the next big lie
Follow your convictions
In the latest do or die

With little a doubt
In search of a valid point
Along with the crowd
Noses all out of joint

Pick up your signs
Along with the not so bright
Only guessing at questions
In this one-dimensional life

With this cause just because
You think there's a cross to bear
Pick up your signs
This is going nowhere

How many live their life on dreams
Hoping they all come true
Spending most of their time asleep
Not waking to the truth

That dreams can be good to have
Mixed with reality
I only tell you this my friend
So that you can see

That when life takes a turn
And runs your dreams off course
Reality comes back around
Quickly to move you towards

The meaning of your dreams
So, your feet don't leave
The solid ground you stand upon
As you dream your dreams
...mixed with reality

This bridge won’t build itself
It takes the strength of man
To go beyond the thought of self
To lend a helping hand

This bridge it has been burned
Down so many times
The lesson here to be learned
Seen through eyes on both sides

Is that this bridge is wide enough
For everyone to pass
From one side to the other
Helping each with helping hands

Some people are angry
While others will smile
Hard as a rock
Soft as a child

Some will include you
Some push you away
Some people will use you
As a pawn in their game

Some people, a mess
Then again aren't we all
No more and no less
In our does and don'ts

Some people will hate you
If you're one to show love
Gladly run you through
Over things you have done

Some people show patience
Others hurry along
Without a clue or a hint
There's anything wrong

Some live for the future
Some the here and now
Some for past consequence
That keeps dragging them down

Some run for cover
Some people stand strong
It's little wonder
Why we can't get along