Carolyn Arends - Life And Death Lyrics
We ride emotions like subway trainsDown in the tunnels inside our brainsAnd life's a blur speeding past the windowWe'd love to stop but who has the timeSo much to do -- we're so far behindAnd we stay that way no matter how fast we goI wonder what's the point at which we breakWhen will we realize just what's at stakeWe dance at weddings and we cry at wakesAnd then we rush to make the next appointmentIt's a matter of life and deathAll the chances we're gonna getTo use our voices, make our choicesHappen here and nowWhat's the matter with all of usChase the wind and we miss the busWe get distracted from what mattersAnd then somehow we forgetIt's life and deathOur guardian angels appear like dreamsThey try to show us eternal thingsAnd we decide if we will pay attentionBut we're too busy to check the holesThat just keep growing inside our soulsWe are wearing thin and so we feel the tensionBetween the life we want and the life we needWe're all afflicted by the same diseaseDear God in heaven, won't you show us pleaseHow to be free from this conditionIt's a matter of life and deathAll the chances we're gonna getTo use our voices, make our choicesHappen here and nowWhat's the matter with all of usChase the wind and we miss the busWe get distracted from what mattersAnd then somehow we forgetIt's life and deathWe've got to rememberIt's life and deathTry to rememberIt's life and death
