Is there more in this life that I should accomplish?
Inspired by the never-ending dilemma that the path of less resistance is chosen at the sacrifice of a more rewarding and satisfying life.
Vocals & Guitar: Brian O'Rourke
Guitar #2 & Background Vocals: Billy Pike
Percussion: Steve Furr
Updated version posted on January 29, 2008
VERSE 1:
there are such great things
that I want to do
but time eludes
and life spins by like a carousel
and I'm on the side
not satisfied
VERSE 2:
sometimes the weight of this life
suffocates
it devastates
and I know all too well
how a spectator feels
a spoke in the wheel
CHORUS:
and there's a feeling that comes over me again and again
like I can't win
and the ceiling comes crashing down on me and then
it ends
VERSE 3:
every once in a while
the numbness fades
and life invades
perhaps my future
has been assigned
and I'm just along for the ride
OUTRO:
and the puddle outside my window
in the street it looks like a hole in the earth
sometimes I wish it was