Sea of Changes

Paradise is a mystery that was somehow locked away 'Cos the truth broke into tiny shapes that would glisten and be praised So that fools would then be hypnotized and demand the world be saved Taking roads I've been down that lead to nowhere But I hear that it's so great Many prayers to be given signs unanswered without time to use your eyes Hopes, doubts and fears went down from the top of the world to the bottom of the sea There is something building inside of you that's different everyday And your life just might slip through your fingers if you live it all the same Do the lies of the world beat you up inside when you tell me you're okay? It's just the earth spinning underneath your feet while the sky's going up in flames Too many words don't even change one mind and nothing can make up for wasted time Tall tales of crying rivers mystify as humor floods the sea I don't remember the good old days when we were younger And nothing I can say or do will ever bring them any closer But still, I cling to the memory of a vision I would one day see If I keep swimming for my life Or I've sunken til I cannot see at all