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The Wisdom Of A Fool

Lyrics by Dave Hargreaves and Stuart Weatherman

(Dave's lyrics)

Living our lives searching for a reason that we're here.
Striving hard to justify our actions while we live in fear
that we are wasting our lives, we have no purpose and the end is near.

We follow codes of conduct out of fear or for what we believe
Promise of rewards, so many things that we all need
Setting goals and making plans but we never get that far
Life's destination is easy but we make the journey hard

Chorus: I have tried all my life to make a difference to this world
Memorise and utilise everything that I have learned
Till to the end of my life I will live by my own rules
I will be recognised - this is the wisdom of a fool.

(Stu's lyrics)

Contemplating life in it's glorious madness
Undying will won't get lost in the sadness
Hidden beneath all those questions no answers
Defeated relief as it spreads like a cancer

Look all around, past the darkness - Open your eyes, truly see
Horizons and colors are endless - Bask in humanity
For prisons are bars on the inside, grafted upon your soul
Release is the key you are given, to make your own self whole

Running and all you do is stand still, wasting life
Playing the game because somebody said it's right
Act the fool because you never really looked around
Deathly pale retreat, the universal clown.

(alternate last verse - Dave's lyrics)

Let me see the light that guides me on and let me see the truth.
Let me be content inside my soul no matter what I do.
All of life is suffering, our destiny unknown.
Give me the strength to make it through my life and face the end alone.