PERFECT WORLD By Tom Jensen
I've spent my whole life
Looking for what I can't see
For what will never be
As the only thing
that can set me free
Is an unknown memory
That somewhere lives
inside of me
Behind a locked door
Perhaps you hold the key?
This set pattern we follow
is just one of their lies
A world lacking communion
only me's and I's
Through competition our
brotherhood has been broken
As no one's acknowledged
these words that I've spoken
Everything, even people
filed by order and rank
Number one built the Titanic
And yet down it sank
There's still time left
to return these ideas
you've been sold
Rise up in rebellion,
could you be so bold?
The whole world's a fight
I can't get no peace
My mind gets disrupted
When it's at ease
The sun and I awake as one
Though it's not my first choice
I'd prefer to sleep in late
I wish I had a voice
Some say if winning
isn't everything then
why keep score?
Those same people
send other mother's
sons to war
I could be like you
or maybe someone else
One step towards them
and one away from myself
Sometimes they see me
and ask me "How I feel?"
I respond,
"Like a hamster
on a rusty wheel"
If you feel trapped like a rat
in this world so cold
Rise up in rebellion,
could you be so bold?
The whole world's a fight
I can't get no peace
My mind gets disrupted
When it's at ease
Watching the sunset
Is a long forgotten art
Feet so busy walking
Separate from the heart
The brokers in their
suits and ties
walking down Wall Street
The ones with their
diamond watches
and their hair so neat
They get so stressed out
playing all their
Wall Street games
Go home and
yell at their wives
forget their own kids' names
All for the love of money
and nothing more
If they call that rich
then you can call me poor
If they tell you the lie
"all that glitters is gold"
Rise up in rebellion,
could you be so bold?
The whole world's a fight
I can't get no peace
My mind gets disrupted
When it's at ease
When was the last time
You noticed the moon?
I'm surprised
You've forgotten so soon
As I climb up the mountains
and float over the sea
I find myself alone
and contented
alive and free
No need to look
at my watch
or punch a clock
And I actually
notice my feet
when I go for a walk
It could be like this
if enough people believe
Just as the wind
blows a flower
I'm planting my seed
There's so much more
than what you've been told
Rise up in rebellion
could you be so bold?