There Is a Light (Take 4)

Life is a circle that waits for a moment to loop
They see you as odd unless you're a part of their group
Everyone longs for the day when life gains rhyme or reason
Though disappointment grows stronger with each growing season

And they say that
A soldier is worth nothing if he has come back home
A man is worth nothing if he is on his own
A giver is worth nothing if he has nothing to receive
A priest is worth nothing if he has no thing to believe
And they say that there is a light
But only if you believe

You try to break the cycle but there's nothing else there
You can look back on your past all you want but it won't care
You can say all you want, it won't give you a place to hide
Greener grass doesn't change the darkness that's on the other side

And they say that
A lover is worth nothing without something to love
A child is nothing without his father above
A clown is worth nothing if he is not funny
A poet is worth nothing if he has no money
But they say that there is a light
But only if you have money

A din of silence broke the never-ending stream of noise
The sound of a jungle can only be broken by a lion's voice
A roadrunner's only life is on the run
Spring can only begin when the blanket of winter is gone

And they say that
A singer isn't anything but a collection of pains
A loner isn't anything but a fool in the rain
A doubter isn't anything but a history of lies
A sufferer isn't anything except when he dies
But they say that there is a light
But only when you die
But I say that there is a darkness even before you die