You Will Be Born (Live)

Lyrics

[Verse] One. You will be born into a strange and desolate place Two. It will be called "The Average Home" Three. The times will be restless and full of uncertainty, it will be Four. It will be full of violence, the end of the century Five. And you will silently question this of your mother As you drink your milk and you watch her move Six. Move away, and there will be no answer Seven. And you will begin the long process of shutting down Eight. And your countenance will reflect less light And later when you look at pictures of yourself Nine. You will wonder Ten. And you will give up your backbone to the TV And you will accept a value system Eleven. Putting forth lies and hatred and Intolerance As acceptable in the name of love Twelve. And no one will step forward from the shadows saying "Expect this, it's" Thirteen. "It's part of the path" And you will discover drugs and alcohol Fourteen. And you will have a good time. Oh, and you will have Fifteen. A good time for a long, long time Sixteen. And you will have a good, good time For a long, long, oh way too long time Seventeen. And you will rush headlong towards your Eighteen. Bottom line in an Instinctive attempt to heal yourself Nineteen. And you will finally go to AA to learn What you should have learned in Sunday school Twenty. And then you will give yourself permission to cry And you will cry and cry Twenty-one. And your friends will move away nervously Twenty-two. And you'll feel like a fool Twenty-three. And you will be alone And no one will step forward from the shadows saying "Ah, but the journey forward" Twenty four. "Includes movement through despair and darkness" And you will be gathering strength Even if you don't understand And certain words like love and integrity and intensity Will be drawn into your spine And then one day you will look up And you will look over And you will look up And you will look over And you will get up And you will go over And you will turn off the TV [Chorus] Precious candles Your light is your own Precious candles Your light is your own Precious candles Your light is your own Precious candles Your light is your own