HOUR OF TRIUMPH

LIFE!

WON’T YOU SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE

WHEN I DON’T KNOW WHY I EXIST

AND MY WAKING HOURS ARE LOW? 

LIFE!

DO MY BEST TO DO MY BEST

THOUGH SOMETIMES I’M A VERY FRIGHTFUL MESS

WITH MY WORRYING EVERYWHERE

OH LIFE!

PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO THINK YOU’RE A LITTLE UNFAIR

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT SEEMS

LIKE YOU REVEL IN DESPAIR

LIKE SOME SORT OF SOCIOPATH

WHEN I THOUGHT YOU HAD NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE

YOU GAVE ME A RATIONALE TO LIVE 

THROUGH YOU

THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR MISERIES

A SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING

OH LIFE!

OH LIFE!

OH THESE TIMES

THEY SEEM SO DESPARATE

EVERYBODY’S BREAKING OUT INTO A SWEAT

FROM READING ABOUT THE MAYHEM ON THE INTERNET

OR WITNESSING IT DOWN THE WAY

SO I’M AIMING TO DO ALL THAT I THINK I SHOULD

TO CHANGE SOMETHING AWFUL INTO SOMETHING GOOD

I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

AND FRIENDS OUT OF ENEMIES

AND WHEN MY MIND IS FILLED WITH DOUBT

I’LL RESOLVE TO FIGURE OUT

A WAY TO MAKE MYSELF MORE AWARE

I WILL OVERCOME ALL THIS DEEP DESPAIR

NO I WON’T BE SET IN WAYS

THAT WON’T ADAPT TO A DIFFERENT PHASE

SO UNTIL I’VE LIVED MY YESTERDAYS

I WILL CARRY ON

DUSK INTO THE DAWN

COME ON LET’S GET ON WITH IT!

LO AND BEHOLD

WE’RE GROWING OLD

AND IT’S OUT OF OUR CONTROL

IN A WORLD OF RAGING SOULS

SEDATE OR AT LEAST WE’RE CLOSE ENOUGH

WITH THE HELP OF CHOSEN DRUGS

THAT WILL KEEP US IN THE FOG

SNUG AT HOME

WHERE WE STILL FEEL SAFE AND WARM

WHERE WE TAKE OUR FAVORITE FORM

ALL ALONE

FOR WE KNOW

THAT IT WON’T BE LONG AT ALL

LIGHTEN UP

LIGHT IT UP BUT STAY AWARE

KEEP IT TRUE AND DO YOUR SHARE

FOR WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

SUCK IT UP

THERE ARE FOLKS WORSE OFF OUT THERE

WHILE WE’RE OFF, FAILING TO CARE

ONLY WORRIED ABOUT OURSELVES

SO UNKNOWN

IS THE WORLD WHERE WE HAVE GROWN

MAKING SENSE OF WHAT IS SHOWN

FOR IT ALL

IS AN OVERWHELMING CRYPTOGRAM

WITH NO CODE

SO IT GOES

SO IT GOES

SO IT GOES

SO IT GOES EVERYDAY

ARE WE AGING GRACEFUL OR WASTING AWAY?

THAT DEPENDS ON HOW YOUR MIND IS SET

WE CAN WORK IN SYNC 

AND NOT SHIRK OR SHRINK

FROM WHAT WE COULD BE

IT WOULD SET US FREE

FROM THE PAIN OF CONFLICT

AND SAD MISUNDERSTANDINGS

IT’S A CHOICE

NOT A PREDETERMINED COURSE

DON’T YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN SOLVE

THE RIDDLE OF HOW WE EVOLVE?

INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT OURSELVES

WE CAN FIND SOME WAY TO HELP

WHERE THAT LEADS YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS

BUT WE’RE DEFINITELY DOOMED UNLESS

WE CAN ESCALATE OUR EMPATHY