Barricades

Close my eyes and ask myself a question

Why is it I do what I do?

Am I lookin' for some happy definition

Of life and love in the corners of the truth?

Or am I just some curious bystander

Lookin' at the world through a child's eyes?

Sunlight always shinin' on my shoulders

While the storm rages on deep inside, deep inside

And it seems so hard to keep it all together

When the walls are fallin' down on every side

Yeah, but I'll be damned if I give up on it easy

I've worked too hard to get the barricades this high

This world's a stage we're meant to play on

Direction from inside of what to do

I know I should have all of the answers

Deep inside, I haven't got a clue, not a clue

And it seems so hard to keep it all together

When the walls are fallin' down on every side

Yeah, but I'll be damned if I give up on it easy

I've worked too hard to get the barricades this high, hey

Told myself that I would be okay

Told myself I'd be alright, no doubt

Somewhere low, I know that I've been lyin'

Can't believe it took me thirty years to figure that shit out

And it seems so hard to keep it all together

When the walls are fallin' down on every side

Yeah, but I'll be damned if I give up on it easy

I've worked too hard to get the barricades this high, hey