Hope For Us

Too late for us now?I sat alone and I spoke out loudOn this darkened afternoonThe windows to my roomA solemn shutter on the worldWhere I used to laugh and dreamFor the first time in so long I makeMy way down to the street and watchThe people as they passOutside I breathe the airAnd all around fall shadows of despairI wonder is there hope for usA place where we can all be freeI wonder is there life inside a soul that dies?I wonder is there hope for usTo lift me up I don't know whenI'll see the sun againI'd like to feel aliveJust one more timeHeadlines on the floorToday's bitterness is the calling cardThe commercial masqueradeThe goods all on paradeThe needs of life are charming toysWe've gone deaf from all the noiseWHen did the rich and powerful eliteSlowly and unnoticedCome and steal our innocense?Entranced - we danced their danceThe stage is set the crowd is on their kneesI wonder is there hope for usA place where we can all be freeI wonder is there life inside a soul that diesI wonder is there hope for usWe're stranded with no place to goI'm feeling so aloneI'll try to make my wayThrough one more day