The Earth Is the Sun

There's nothing in this world to believe in
The earth is the sun - and we're burning alive
No possibility of how to thrive
No true vision of how to survive

A life without problems may be more hopeless
Than one constantly filled with pain
Only those who have had to face despair
Are convinced they deserve mercy
Those who do not want mercy never seek it

When the lights go out, are you tossing in your sleep?
I lie awake at night - listening to Caspian on repeat
Considering morality and what else I should know
A fragile bird like me, wondering, "where did you go?"

Your eulogy is like poetry
but I don't know what the words mean
I've seen them before, but in this structure
they are truly indecipherable and foreign to me

There's nothing in this world to believe in - I know
No god could teach me what my father did
No promise of Heaven kept me warm when my mother tucked me in
There's nothing in this world to believe in

The earth is the sun and I am well aware
that my hopelessness is grounded in a search for truth
A truth that I know full-well is a journey not best fit for one
So we lay before you with all the emptiness that eats your life
And try our best to find happiness within little victories along the way

But we should not justify life
By linking happy moments into a rosary
Nothing is meant to be
Humanity is stretched long
Constantly charting imaginary cartographies
For which we carve out new paths of discoveries

I fell apart - that's where I went
I lost my way
I reflect on the years I was so blinded by a faith
That I took out my judgements on others
Without looking inward at the fraud I couldn't face

Everything that was, has been
Everything to come, never was
Until we manifest it into the world and bring it to fruition
It's a motive for adventure
And incentive for reinventing who we once were
In hopes of creating something in this world to believe in

The earth is the sun - of which we all fall under
So, wonder - go on and wonder
There's only such little time for us to create
We all leave - just as we came - without a sound
So wander, go on and wander wherever you will

Go and face the mirror - see what you've become
After all, mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself
If you're looking for an answer from god
There will be nothing
And let it be known that this is what you'll get for falling out of line

So don't try to change the world
But try to change your world
In subtle, small ways that remain internal and known only to you
Create something in this world to believe in

In the long run, that creation can be the most meaningful

After all, it can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life
Create something in this world to believe in

Remember there's only so much we can change
Before we don't know who we are anymore

There's only so much we can change
Before we don't know who we are anymore