This Is

This is my voice, my weapon of choice

This is life, this is life

This is a plate, this is a cup

This is a story I didn’t make up

This is a girl lost in the woods

Some kind of wagon from some other hood

This is a voice, these are the hands

This is technology mixed with the band

Are you going into the light?

Are you free of fear today?

When you lie down to sleep do you kind of float away

Most of my crimes are of optimism

40 thousand volts of recognition

They tried to strip me of dignity

But I still have tenacity

These are the words I didn’t invent

Only an attempt to say what I meant

This is the paper, this is the pen

This is my weapon, a means to an end

Are you going into the desert?

You’re out of control of your fate

There are no warriors without a war

So get ahead before it’s too late

This is life

Lay down your spear, let go your fear

Far becomes near, oh Lord

This is life

This is the tree that Buddha slept under

These are the clouds, this is our thunder

This is what makes me look up and wonder

Into the eye of the wind

Through the rain, onto the plain

This is what I’m focused on, this is my head on straight

This is the harness, this is the bait

This is me, I’m flying again

This is a lawyer, professional liar

There, taking, igniting the fire

This is the key, this is the door

Imagine the view from the basement floor

Now you’re going into the desert

You’re out of control of your fate

Are you a slave in a chain of command

Serving up another man’s head

This is life

Lay down your spear, let go your fear

Far becomes near, look out

This is life

Are you going into the light?

Are you free of fear today?

When you lie down to sleep, do you kind of float away

This is depression, it comes when you’re blocking

This is expression, it comes when you’re rocking

When you lie down to sleep, do you kind of float away

(This is a plate, this is a cup, this is a story, this is a story I didn’t make up)

When you lie down to sleep, do you kind of float away

(This is a plate, this is a cup, this is a story, this is a story I didn’t make up)

This is the world still healing, this is man that’s feeling

This is, this is the world still turning

This is the rage still burning, this is the man not learning

This is life