your legs will be the first to go
the bottom half of all you know
foundations stand upon the feet
of everything you cannot see
but if you close your eyes to stand
you'll start to sink into the sand
and while you disappear tonight
another soul will claim your life
in such a way you may not feel
reality becomes surreal
and every time you try to wake
there's no one there to keep you safe
so gather up the things you know
and start to live by letting go

it's likely you have come to know the closeness of your skin
and made as much or little of the way you'll die with it
we've all consumed the poison we injected like a drug
but told ourselves the blame is on the

ones who made this up
the justice of inheritance, rewritten every day
has talked for long enough to know there's nothing left to say
and as we try to rearrange, to shake, to even lie
the proof is like the time and passes every day alike
so let us be enlightened or deceived because of choice
we haven't changed a single thing we've added to the noise

so many are the songs we carry underneath our skin
but can we sing them loud enough to let the people in
We may not have a melody to sanctify each word
let not the noise of every day give bitterness a turn
there's so much black and white to see and ever more to claim
I can't imagine living life will render us the same
we can't be hiding every time we want to be alone
our lives are part of everything we've ever dared to know
and if our knowledge sets us free then let us share it all
no matter where we find ourselves in summer, spring or fall
the coldest days of winter may reflect the ice of time
but every moment frozen still becomes another rhyme
don't chase the seasons just because you know they're always there
for someone else is going to pretend you're not aware
and if your voice is given up another's will be born
with just as much propensity as once you had before
the hats have been created by the heads who never sleep
they only want to take away the way of life you seek

but what do you surrender to if anything at all
does every day put up a fight or just another wall
your hands are still your hands you know, despite the wear and tear
if you decide to honor truth and do this everywhere
the risk is something meaningless when fear is overcome
for nothing then, can shake away the human you'll become
it's not an easy path to walk for shadows will ensue
and every time the darkness falls it latches onto you
the catch is not a catch at all, a lie can only last
as long as you embrace the little voices of your past
the glory's gone, the war parades itself as something else
but let us not be made the fool of everybody's self

so write it down and give it up
there's nothing left to rise above
the earth is weaker every day
and time has nothing else to say
a moment here's a second gone
the glory people never won
consider youth for all its worth
prepare to age or know rebirth
the soil speaks in human tongue
but you're not hearing anyone
for what a blur is love remade
a trite reprieve so far away
from you and me and us and them
forgive the lie, a detriment
I'm here to say you'll fall asleep
but do not slumber in too deep
you may be sleeping good and well
don't let yourself wake up in hell

when are you the child you had always hoped to be
today is gone tomorrow and the past is all you see
if yesterday's a liar will you ask why it has come
or has it proven honest by the rising of the sun
it's not for me to question anything you won't accept
but on the edge of reason I am bowing with respect
for knowledge at its greatest cannot stand the test of time
eternity surpasses every border in our mind
continue with the maybes and you'll learn to understand
Humanity has challenged the beginning with its hands
we've built so many cities while we've torn so many down
the likelihood of lasting begs the future not to drown
the children we're creating bare the weight of all we've done
I'm forfeiting my body for the sake of *everyone