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InBetween

If life’s a joke

I’ve always hoped the laugh behind it is divine

And we’ve just misread the room

And what’s the point was not the point at all

It was too small

And the laughter was the Truth

Is it a joke to be alive?

Is it so serious to die?

It seems to me the truth is always somewhere in between

But here’s the problem

What I want is to believe with all my being

In a sure and certain path

A guarantee that all the choices that I make will lead me right

Like life is only simple math

Wouldn’t it be nice?

If all the wrongs and rights

Were clear to me?

Instead of always somewhere in between

When I was young I only wanted to be old

Though I am told

That the opposite is true

But when I am old I want to say I’ve loved it here

All of these years

And I’m not worried that it’s through

Most times they look the same

Tears of joy and tears of pain

And it might be that they are always somewhere in between

HereNow

I pray to saints of empty gas tanks

And to the god of the bottom of the ninth

And I wait on a word, on a whisper never heard

Though I listen with all my might

And what if all there is is this?

Right here.

Right now.

You hope for the best for the long and peaceful rest

And the resurrection of the dead

And you fear silly things that the future may never bring

But oh how your heart pounds

What If all there is is this?

Right here.

Right now.

Is enough enough?

(Enough is enough)

Is enough enough?

(Enough is enough)

Is enough enough?

(Enough is enough is enough is enough)

Right here.

Right now.

PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE TOO

People are people too

Just like me and you

From the tops of our heads

To the foot of our beds

People are people too

You seem to think they’re not

You treat them like things

And not human beings

But people are people too

Of course it’s the same for me

It’s hard to admit

But I often forget

That people are people too

So then what can be done

Just what do we need

For us to agree

That people are people too

People are people too

Just like me and you

From the buds of our tongues

To the air in our lungs

People are people too

People are really strange

We do what we won’t

And believe what we don’t

But people are people too

Sometimes they drive you nuts

So we try to negate

With our labels and hate

But people are people too

Time here is really short

So let’s make up a plan

To be as kind as we can

Because people are people too

People are people too