29 July 2007

I Not You, Not I

Otherside Otherside Otherside Otherside
Othersdie Othersdie Othersdie
I want the greener otherside
even if the others die
I'd like the sweeter waters
my dream is worth a life

but not my life, if you take that from me
there will be no otherside
it will not be the others died, but me
anything, anything to stretch mine longer
even if to shorten that of the other
to make mine better

I will lie for it,
cheat and steal
i will preach the suffering and guilt of the other
if it will lighten my suffering
but does it have to be suffering?

I will give more suffering than I receive
then I will be blessed, lucky
destined to attract
if only I could feel better about myself
that'd do the trick

I'll look in the mirror every day
speak words of wisdom
I am sexy, I am attractive
I am special, I am loved
I... I... I...

otherside othersdie
I want to die for the otherside
I want to make their day a better one
lift them up in front of the sun
praise them to god as i rise up to heaven
or not or not

If they're to die, why not I
If they want dead persons
does it matter whom?
returning to the dust
at least that's usually how it works

not to say I'm an expert but
whether tomorrow or ten years or forty
I'm bound to die sometime

obey your instincts
a lack of understanding leads to fear
leads to hate, murder and war
and nothing too nice
are you getting the picture?

to encourage these things is unacceptable
to aid these instinctual drives is against
or with the natural way
but how do you decide?

you don't decide
I don't decide
it can't be controlled
to attempt to control
it brings only more pain and suffering
oh but how it does

there is no answer
or there is no answer, there
is it acceptable to live our lives as beasts?
maybe more natural than before thought

will it lead to anything constructive?
probably not
but I guess that's the point isn't it?
I'm not too sure we're capable of that
pretty close but so far away
give it some time
I'll bet we'll still not get it yet