He's on his way to a church he finally found somewhere downtown. "I swear its gotta have the answers now for why my life has turned upside down." Another day that the alcohol he holds (is) his only friend. "Just one more gulp to numb life down," but still the ache won't go away.
And if the world was up to him he'd turn it back, beg it to make up for all the things he lacks. But would he see that there is nothing that he needs that he don't have, he'd keep it running. Would he keep it turning just the way it has?
She's far away as she's squinting in the mirror blurring features on her face. "I used to be so much prettier. And maybe that's why he's gone away." No words to say for the old friend who's been listening to her cry except "I promise things will turn around maybe tomorrow, for sure some day."
Oh, if the world was up to her she'd turn it back. Beg it to make up for all the things she lacks. But would she see that there is nothing that she needs that she don't have, she'd keep it running? Would she keep it turning just the way it has?
If the world was up to me, I'd hand it back. I'd learn to trust in life to give us what we lack. I'd learn to feel a gratitude for even that which I don't have. I'd keep it running. Yeah, I'd keep it turning just the way it has.
And if the world was up to him he'd turn it back, beg it to make up for all the things he lacks. But would he see that there is nothing that he needs that he don't have, he'd keep it running. Would he keep it turning just the way it has?
She's far away as she's squinting in the mirror blurring features on her face. "I used to be so much prettier. And maybe that's why he's gone away." No words to say for the old friend who's been listening to her cry except "I promise things will turn around maybe tomorrow, for sure some day."
Oh, if the world was up to her she'd turn it back. Beg it to make up for all the things she lacks. But would she see that there is nothing that she needs that she don't have, she'd keep it running? Would she keep it turning just the way it has?
If the world was up to me, I'd hand it back. I'd learn to trust in life to give us what we lack. I'd learn to feel a gratitude for even that which I don't have. I'd keep it running. Yeah, I'd keep it turning just the way it has.