A Better Way

Sipping happiness through a straw, smiling faces of placid people
Try deciphering messages in plain English and I'm on my way
Disengaging from inspiration to abscesses of life in general
Hypnotizing the experienced magician so there's no one to offer praise

No one carries a solution
That could satisfy your soul
Don't expect a resolution
When you wind up feeling both empty and whole
Don't make a new start, don't sing a new song
Don't bother expecting a change
Just smile, deliver the goods you've got
And work for a better way

Sipping solitary sounds from a glass of verbal liquid
Monosyllabic flavored frowns keep the feeling unsure
Broken compasses always point somewhere and if you listen to what they'll tell you
You'll never find the answer but you'll know your search was pure

No one carries a solution
That could satisfy your soul
Don't expect a resolution
When you wind up feeling both empty and whole
Don't make a new start, don't sing a new song
Don't bother expecting a change
Just smile, deliver the goods you've got
And work for a better way

There's a voice unheard, speaking every word
That your heart is dying to hear
And the air's too thick to let a single thought stick
But they refuse to disappear

No one carries a solution
That could satisfy your soul
Don't expect a resolution
When you wind up feeling both empty and whole
Don't make a new start, don't sing a new song
Don't bother expecting a change
Just smile, deliver the goods you've got
And work for a better way