Ground Level

I've seen you flying high

Chasing clouds in the sky

Such a broad horizon

Your gray wings spread wide

Over unknown regions

With changing winds they ride

Greedy eyes scan the surface

Laughing at us earthbound souls

But as you grab for too much

You can't help it, your ivory tower falls

And now you've hit the ground

Aimlessly crawling around

I know what you believed

To be (more worth than anything)

I see that you've become

Just like me (or anyone else in here)

As you stand before me

Bare feet on stony ground

Is there nothing more to lose?

Or is there something you've found?

What made you so sure that

You're someone who never fails?

How could you avoid thorns

If leaving the old, used road

For solitary, narrow ways?

Just swear you won't give up

Mind your steps but never stop

I know what you believed

To be (more worth than anything)

I see that you've become just like me

(Or anyone else inside these walls of sanity)

You are only scraping ground level now

Will you try to escape or will you hide somehow?

To sweep the dirt of others

With your precious hands

Could you be a servant

With a will that never bends?

(It's right behind the line

But you're running out of time)

Astonished I look at you

'Cause I see my shell

So I close my eyes and deep inside

All I sense in myself is you

Well, I know what you believed

To be (more worth than anything)

I see that you've become just like me

(Or anyone else inside these walls of sanity)

You are only scraping ground level now

Will you try to escape or will you hide somehow?

To sweep the dirt of others

With your precious hands

Could you be a servant

With a will that never bends?

So you're only scraping ground level now

Will you lick your wounds

Or continue somehow?

Will you dry your tears,

Will you wash your hands

Before you're in too deep down?

I hope you understand

(Life's right behind the line

But you're running out of time)