Hey there man Are you livin’ like you can? I’m willing to bet that you’re not calling the shots Hey there son Know that balance won’t be won The notion implies that you separate work and life Five and four and three and two… The weeks that we just slug-on through And finding time for identity is impossible Irresponsible All roads lead to an agenda Transcend, honestly man, I commend ya But the ones trying to sneak out appear to be fools in the game Caught-up in the commotion all the same But you go ahead and plan your great escape

Ever since I've been about thirteen Everything we've done wrong is all I've seen Call me fatalistic Call me pessimistic Call me cynical – you live in denial Just look at the ocean Polar ice is melting Water level's rising Has been for a while Too many of us And now we're out of luck Welcome to the other side Life has never been safer Yet we've never lived more dangerously Risks are so much greater And it's our fault Man, it's all our fault Rainforest is burned No one seems concerned So far out of mind Doesn't fit with busy life Energy is filth Cuz fossil fuels are still Warming the atmosphere And ruining the future here We're so much better than this Welcome to the other side Welcome to the other side I refuse to believe that we’re doomed But everybody has got to take ownership and move It's our fault Cuz, it's all our fault Habitat is cleared Species disappear 'Isn't that a shame' you say Under your breath, over your latte Icecaps melting faster Methane a disaster And maybe you're like me Hyper-aware and anxiously Judging every day that we don't change Welcome to the other side Call me fatalistic Call me pessimistic Call me cynical – you live in denial Just look at the ocean Polar ice is melting Water level's rising Has been for a while I don’t know if we’ve got the will or if we’ll ever get the consensus To reverse the damage forever And maybe you don’t care but Hoping I can change that Problems escalating - can't do this forever Taking all we're finding Consuming it blindly Generations after us will inherit it Ever since I've been about thirteen Everything we've done wrong is all I've seen

To stop all the sick violence As a nation you need to collectively call the problem like it is Hatred and politics Racism, ignorance Bullying and class divide Misunderstanding presides The real problem: your guns And possessed by everyone And you've got plenty of developed countries as a reference to behold The land that’s guncontrolled You know that you’re guncontrolled A philosophy that’s tired and old To civilize every soul and realize true freedom Discipline with temptation is nowhere near enough Insignificant expressions of sympathy Highlighted by Presidency It's time to plead insanity As you repeat the same old atrocities Unique mayhem Your guns are at the foundation Nothing will change Especially legislation No change to legislation

Try to find the time Live a meaningful life Manage expectations Promise her vacations Sometimes the storm won’t blow away Sometimes the war’s just a bad day But blue skies always lie above, right? Optimism never hurts But rising tides don’t rise enough Sometimes the shit won’t go away Sometimes the war’s not worth a thing So I surrender for the peaceful common good Not because I should Maybe I should learn to think Try to time the find Try to smoothen the grind Spread it thicker for flavour Turn it off and savour Sometimes the storm won’t go away Sometimes the war’s just a bad day So I surrender for the peaceful common good Not because I should Maybe I should Turn it off Turn if off Always on Occupied by occupation Never enough Chasing down some prescribed desired moving target But blue skies always lie above, right? But rising tides don’t rise me up high enough Rise me up high enough

Thursday’s coming It’s getting real The alcohol is numbing out how I feel So, I’m kicking out the concessions and raising the keel I’ll be so thrilled, I’ll do jumping jacks, man I’ll do fifty cartwheels Man, I’m stoked Cuz I don’t want to be anarchy It’s time for parenting I don’t want to be anarchy It’s time for parenting A grown-ass man An older Dad I really hope I can stomach A rollercoaster when he’s 10 And I’m re-living my youth again Parenting It’s time for parenting Yep, it’s real The alcohol is summing up how I feel So I’m backing down from the excessiveness And the keel that holds this course is gonna be raised So the rest of my days are revealed Time for parenting

What? It feels like I didn’t sleep Snooze today A luxury of my newfound ways Cuz I earned it The rope It's wrapped around My throat Yeah, it’s not so bad I’m just overtired Feels like I’ve had a really rough all-nighter Man, I just want more sleep Pause existence from existing Stop the world from spinning around Leap out of of bed With my foot caught in the stupid blankets Heart pounding out of my chest Stubbed my toe - just cranked it Mornings come as a surprise Every day to me How am I employed? What? It feels like I didn’t sleep Snooze today Feels so good Stuck with it Now rope Is wrapped around My throat I’ve put the dark days behind me now I made it through somehow When those dark days Shadowed me I hated everything But I survived them With iron will With repetition until All of the right things I was doing carried me out from the wrong And came together like a song Man, I just want more sleep Pause existence from existing Stop the world from spinning around Leap out of bed With my foot caught in the stupid blankets Heart pounding out of my chest Stubbed my toe - just cranked it Mornings come as a surprise Every day to me How am I employed?

It's a lot To digest It's a truth that never lets us rest It's a landmine And it enlists It's the reason that One World Trade exists Carefree days Riptide of change Against our will Against our sensibilities Carefree ways Has its hostages Against their will But no one really knows what's going on over there Get them out of here Cuz I don't want to live in fear Always wondering if it's gonna be where I live There's a trench of global disdain And it gets deeper every time There's a lot that we all want to say But we're scared to cross the line And so we lose our peace of mind Subjectivity in reports Xenophobic mindset distorts Anger and intolerance Extremist actions don't make sense Our culture continues to thrive on While terrorists degrade true Islam The problem isn't easy to fix Get 'them' out of here Cuz I don't want to live in fear Always wondering if it's gonna be me this time It's a means Without an end It's a horror story that impends It's a vampire It's amiss It's the reason that One World Trade exists There's a trench of global disdain It gets deeper every time And there's a lot that we all want to say But we're scared to cross the line And so we lose our peace of mind

Suddenly we’re way over here On the wrong side of what feels like 20 years Speeding backwards into time Despite the rising waterline But, man, it's good to be alive Too late to be preventative Too much wrong with how we live Denial everywhere Disrepair now Days of pretending like Lives playing out despite Clearly we're not that bright Selfish and short in site Heads stuck into the sand La la land With an obvious future Oblivious present (it's shame that the) Sins of past are here to stay Can't make them go away! No Say that you will But you do nothing Now the battle's all uphill Caught-up in a rundown Choices that we make Planet's getting run down Our mistakes Ample opportunity For folks like you and me Take the diving industry Man, are you kidding me? Lady Liberty Neptune's new squeeze Sandblasted Caribbean With cat-5s on the rise Phoenix, a real burning bird In the new desert Say that you will But you do nothing Now the battle's all uphill We’re caught-up in a rundown Choices that we make Planet's getting run down Our mistakes

Yeah! Man, I want something more than wanting something more Yeah! Like being guided through a lifelong IKEA store Yeah! And there's no real choice, just what's laid out on the floor Yeah! Every phase of life pre-designed around the corner I can't be who I want to be I'm strapped for time Waiting in line But I can be lame efficiency Trapped inside Mostly confined Yeah! Man, I've got so much more than what I'm working for Yeah! But so does everyone - it's the same across the board Yeah! That's just the way it goes, routine and small rewards Yeah! And what's in-store for your life is always in a store No one said this life would be easy But nobody told me that me that there would be so much of the same This game, it doesn't give the players much of a break And this world, so much to see So much to do, so much to live Infinitely Here on earth Struggling for Something more than wanting more All the time that's divvied up unevenly Where cards fall How the cards fall And your mind longs for something far more interesting Wanting something more than wanting Wanting something more

Put it all aside And enjoy my life You can't please everyone Too many dimensions I'm slowing this train down Reverting to hometown Cruising altitude My spirit is renewed So nice to... So nice to see you So nice to take my mind off of my mind And see you So nice to see you So nice to see you So nice to take my mind off of my mind and breathe Weather's finally here Shift to lower gear Man, I'd rather be swimming Inspired by the days Big skies and highways Sunglasses on and I'm grinning So nice to see you So nice to see you So nice of you to take my mind off of my mind See you So nice to see you So nice to see you So nice to take my mind off of my mind and breathe Wild flowers, greenery Mini-skirts and great scenery Drinks on patios all the time... I love it The simple things that matter most Despite how expectations turns out Endless burnout Put it all aside And enjoy my life You can't please everyone Too many dimensions I'm slowing this train down Reverting to hometown Cruising altitude My spirit is renewed So nice to see you

Just like a soldier On the front lines Would you die for this? And if the answer is no, then You'll just end up pissed Often sedated on the weekends Leaves you wanting more Cuz once you give in To the rhythm Monday's just next door Comfort Steadfast And conservative Conform Manage That's the way it is Surfaces Cultural fraud You gain a life but you give a lot And generally Okay, partially… You get to do the things that you want And that's why I, oh I'm a company man A German sedan Company man And that's why I, oh I'm a company man Company man The outskirts of the days Where dreams outrun the nights Company man The brimstone and the fire Fate of the lost majority The only way to safely aspire Just like a soldier On the front lines Would you die for this? And if the answer is yes, then You're an idiot Cuffed by delusions of grandeur Leaves you wanting more Cuz once you give in To the rhythm Sadly, you're done for Comfort Steadfast And conservative Conform Manage That's the way it is Surfaces Cultural fraud You gain a life but you give a lot And generally Okay, partially… You get to do the things that you want And that's why I, oh I'm a company man A German sedan Company man And that's why I, oh I'm a company man Company man The outskirts of the days Where dreams outrun the nights