By Joel Shaw
Written April - October 1996

Take a moment here
Before the irony brings us all to tears
Before it all
Begins to fall apart from the weight of all these years

I once believed
That you could change anything that I perceived
But I was wrong
You're not as strong as this image I've conceived

(Chorus)
And if you feel like you've heard this all before
Just remember that I am not the one who opened this door

When I was young
Words didn't hesitate to roll across my tongue
But now I'm old
As was foretold back before the damage had been done

(Chorus)
And now you're reaching for something that's not there
And you're wondering how you could have been so blind and so unaware

(Change)
Of all it is that you behold
And all the storied lies which you once told
Now unfold
It's hard to hold
Those whom you've abandoned
And so it goes, and so it goes
And when the truth is finally exposed
The question's posed
But God only knows
Why you had to hurt us so

Standing on this field
Emotions cloud the thoughts which time has now revealed
I know we're blood
But there's a subtle difference between the lives we wield