Life Ain't Perfect

It's one big shade of gray

(And the dark kind, I'm afraid to say)

Because there's war, and fighting, and the bad guy often wins

So you have to find some comfort in the smallest little things

There's shouting and there's stealing, there are mortgages to pay

But that's a grown-up thing and you are still a kid today

The prospects for society are turning for the worst

The environment is suffering and might not be reversed

But at least the nasty kid who makes every day so rough

In the end gets hit by karma which will kinda make you laugh

And sure the future's looking pretty grim

The light on the horizon is pretty dim

But you're a kid and all of life is still ahead of you

Unlike the ninety-something guy who caught the avian flu

Life ain't perfect, it's muh

Some bits are okay, but most of it's rugh

Life ain't perfect it's meh

You gotta find the good that's in this great big load of rugh

And yes, the more you work on it, the worse it seems to get

Looking at the news can make you break out in a sweat

That's the way life is, so you gotta deal with it

There's not much else to say right now to lift your spirit

Tell me how's all that supposed to make me feel better?

My life's unraveling just like threads pulled from a sweater

There's no sunshine in my future, it is gray, desaturated

Tell me why I shouldn't feel so deflated

Because, because

If you stop halfway up the mountain, you will never see the view

When you look how far you've climbed, you'll find the courage to pull through

You'll wonder how on Earth you can put up with all of this

Then you'll come across a memory of perfect bliss

So keep following the light

No matter how much your heart aches

'Cuz this sad old world will need your hope to fix it when it breaks

And in times when you can't take it, and you want your day to end

Take my hand

And you will find

Life is beautiful, my friend