Letras
As the day disappears and slowly gives way to the night
Our youth is slipping away try as we might
To hold back the years even though we all know that's one fight
That we're all bound to lose rich and poor we all share the same plight
Yes, the apple is ripe but the lingering taste isn't sweet
If we fix on the fact that our time on this earth is so fleet
Even more if we choose to believe we're just matter and meat
And see the end that we all face as some kind of defeat
There were days so sad and full of doubt
Seemed the only choice was to just drop out
Like you were well and truly stuck
On an existential roundabout
Cursed all fates and the day you were born
Imagined a future so forlorn
Somehow by chance you realised
It was you who chose to close your heart and eyes
And you don't understand
You closed your heart and your eyes
It was never planned
But somehow you knew you just had to run and hide
Locked all the doors and got stuck inside
But you grew so tired of certainty
You grew so tired
Wondered if there was more that you could be
Remembered a world that you wanted to see
Dared to dream improbable dreams
You could be free
Yeah yeah
Life is in fact a great mystery and not always kind
But hardly as cruel as the traps we create in our minds
Ones we all learned early with effort we may leave behind
Reclaim the gift of sight no matter how long we've been blind
This world is a beautiful place and that's no surprise
When we stand in a tropical paradise watching sunrise
But perhaps every moment mundane may hide some great prize
If we open our minds and our hearts as we open our eyes
Yes, it is easy to open our eyes
To the radiant rays of a splendid sunrise
To take in the beauty, the power of light
That speaks of the day as it conquers the night
Most of us seek to avert that keen gaze
From inexorable dark at the end of our days