What It's All About

Long before we were in this dream

A quiet man swam up the stream

Found a little clearing where he built a house

Had five kids with his only spouse

Discovered what it was to be a man

Takin' his children by the hand

Protect them from the source of doubt

That they should never know

But they're gonna find out

They're gonna find out

Back when there was only you and me

You were barely twenty-three

Oblivious to the endless drought

Thought you had a clue what it's all about

Now we live a little further on up the stream

Dreaming in a dream inside a dream

Where echos from the past are felt

And remind us to forgive ourselves

Through the song that's sounding in the air

It's hard to sing along when you're in despair

But they didn't write the melody

For you not to sing the harmony

If you listen inside you'll hear a voice

Every moment we make a choice

Keep carryin' all the lonesome pain

Or accept the things that we can't change

Accept the things that we can't change

It's not about you, what it's all about

Thought you knew what it's all about

But it never came through, what it's all about

Because it's up to you what it's all about

Yeah, it's up to you what it's all about

Just singin' the song is what it's all about

Just singin' along is what it's all about

Just singin' the song is what it's all about

Just singin' along is what it's all about