Lyrics

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

It’s been a year and a half

since I spent a week

sitting in that hospital room

watching you, watching you sink


You drowned in your own water

you lived in it too

sometimes we leave this earth the color,

the color of blue


Why do, why do we have to change a thing

why can’t, why can’t we hold on to everything

Cause that’s the way of the world

cause that’s the way of the world


From the day you were born, you had all of your dreams

though sometimes you felt torn,

you had your will and the means


ever since you’ve been gone

I’ve been building these walls

tried to keep the pain outside,

but it seeps in, seeps into us all.


So you watched the water flow

and the shine come from sun

you watched your plants grow

pulled the weeds pulled them one by one


and now I build these gates to prevent the floods

and now I open them wide

to let in, to let in the love,

to let in, to let in the love,


Why do, why do we hold on to everything

Why can’t why can’t we change just one thing


Cause that’s the way of the world

cause that’s the way of the world.