Collateral Beauty
Intro:
There is a place
light fears to shine
Past won't erase
and light never shines
Misery, sorrow
where light can not shine
There is no tomorrow
when light can not shine
Verse 1:
Sit down at the table
got some food for thought
a kind of mental existential
homemade booster shot
Is there a greater purpose?
Some hidden motivation?
A "why" for all the trials
and tribulation?
Maybe just abstractions
Love, Death, and Time
three universal truths
connecting mankind
We long for love
and fear our death
time moves too fast
towards that final breath
But warning, warning
you can't change fate
no matter how you plan it
and strive to cogitate
The sick get sicker
and bodies they decay
The child deep inside
won't come out to play
Forever lost
this black hole spins eternal
a collapsing cry
to Dante's fire infernal
Let the storm winds rage
as the dominoes fall
disappearing my soul
into nothing at all
Chorus:
See the collateral beauty
may it rise above the pain
in collateral beauty
your life begins again
Verse 2:
Cells, ancestry
and DNA
The recipe and map
for who we are today
But do our friends, family
and work define us?
What if we emanate light
passion and kindness?
To the fabric
of every single life we touch
Will finer things of money
even matter that much?
So smile and get lifted
to a higher plane
like an earworm carries catchy
little notes to your brain
You've been given a gift
for God's sake don't waste it
The buffet's still open
just walk up and taste it
Chorus:
See the collateral beauty
may it rise above the pain
in collateral beauty
your life begins again
Outro:
The collateral beauty
collateral beau...u...u...u...ty
The collateral beauty
collateral beau...u...u...u...ty
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