I've been having this feeling. I've been trying to think
I'm not sure about reality. I can't seem to find the link
Between the way we are and the way we were. It somehow doesn't fit.
And I don't feel any better when the day is done, I must admit.

I've been reading, I've been trying to understand
Where our history has gone to, and what has happened to this land?
But all in the flames still rise in the houses and my heart
I never understood before and I wonder if it's too late to start

Somehow in this darkness, though I know it's against the law
I start to understand it, I start to see the flaw
There's no need for comprehension in this world that we have made
So we build up our technology and send intelligence to the grave.

The rain that falls so violently on every single soul
is a self-created vision, and it hasn't made us whole
Our modern thought has taught us that it's good to tolerate
So we change our Bibles, edit fiction and say we educate

I've realized there is more to life than money and a car
And that TV, friends, and magazines won't get you very far
Yet faith, and happiness may be virtues in a book
But when books are changed and money smiles, well, where should we look?

And so I have been reading, Reading everything I can.
And it seems like an oasis an oasis in the sand.
I've been wandering for my entire life. I've been spiraling down.
But with all these acquisitions, suddenly, I am found

A turning point has happened in this story of a life
And it cuts away the pain I feel like a searing fiery knife
I've got to find someone who can help me stay awake
For if I fall asleep again, there's too much to lose, too much at stake.