Goad (Intro)

Rise and Shine
6am and your hand cant make it
To the alarm clock
Before the voices in your head
Starts telling you that
It's too early
Too dark
And too cold to get out of bed
Aching muscles lie still in rebellion
Pretending not to hear your brain
Commanding them to move
A legion of voices are shouting
Their unanimous permission for you
To hit the snooze button
And go back to dreamland

But you didn't ask their opinion
The voice you've chosen
To listen to is one of defiance
The voice that says
There was a reason
You set that alarm in the first place
So sit up
Put your feet on the floor
And don't look back
Because we've got work to do

Welcome to the Grind

For what is each day
But a series of conflicts
Between the right way
And the easy way
Ten thousand streams fan out
Like a river delta before you
Each one promising the path
At least resistance
Thing is you're headed upstream
And when you make that choice
When you decide
To turn your back on
What's comfortable and safe
And what someone call common sense
Well that's day one

From there, it only gets tougher
So just make sure
This is something you want
Because the easy way out
Will always be there
Ready to wash you away
All you have to do is
Pick up your feet