This is a plate This is a cup This is a story I didn't make up This is a girl lost in the woods Some kind of wagon from some other hood
This is a voice These are the hands This is technology Mixed with the band
Are you going into the light? Are you free of fear today? When you lie down to sleep do you kind of float away
This is life This is life
Most of my crimes are of optimism 40 thousand volts of recognition They tried to strip me of dignity But I still have tenacity
These are the words I didn't invent Only an attempt to say what I meant
This is the paper This is the pen This is my weapon A means to an end
Are you going into the desert? You're out of control of your fate There are no warriors without a war So get ahead before it's too late
This is life (ya'll)
Lay down your spear Let go your fear Far becomes near Oh Lord This is life (hey!)
This is the tree The Buddha slept under These are the clouds This is our thunder
This is what makes me look up and wonder Into the eye of the wind Through the rain On to the plain
This is what I'm focused on This is my head on straight This is the harness This is the bait This is me I'm flying again
This is a lawyer Professional liar There, Taking Igniting the fire
This is the key This is the door Imagine the view from the basement floor
(Hey!) Now you're going into the desert You're out of control of your fate Are you a slave in a chain of command Serving up another man's head
This is life
Lay down your spear Let go your fear Far becomes near Look out
This is life
Are you going into the light? Are you freeing your fear today? When you lie down to sleep Do you kind of float away
This is depression It comes when you're blocking This is expression It comes when your rocking
This is This is (ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) This is (ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) This is (ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) This is (ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) This is now! This is now!
When you lie down to sleep Do you kind of float away (This is a plate, this is a cup, this is a story, this is a story I didn't make up)
When you lie down to sleep Do you kind of float away (This is a plate, this is a cup, this is a story I didn't make up)
This is the world still healing This is man that's feeling This is This is the world still turning This is the rage still burning This is the man not learning This is life