The Great Puzzle

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Once again I have forgotten my final destination After chasing down too many suns So tonight you and I bring desperation to this highway And we're not the only ones Outside a stillness that could only be summer And we are Mendocino bound Feeling out of place as the ship that keeps on forward Long after it's run aground [Pre-Chorus 1] Now I'm thinking ahead too much But what are we then when we're not thinking at all I got so many loose ends Dragging behind me Mysteries that want to be solved [Chorus] Like a maze where you could take a thousand paths Like all the questions that it does no good to ask Some might accept it Some might complain It's a great puzzle but you got to like games [Verse 2] Like a candle that's been recently blown out I can still smell the smoke From the chance turned to missed opportunity My latest enemy of hope A gambler knows exactly how much you give away With a smile when it's real But I only gamble on myself these days I prefer the way it feels [Pre-Chorus 2] Now I'm thinking aloud too much Giving too much up I can't wait to see the world as it is And now the whole perception Turns from rule into exception With the one tiny detail I miss [Chorus] Like a maze where you could take a thousand paths Like all the questions that it does no good to ask Some might accept it Some might complain It's a great puzzle but you got to like games [Bridge] You got to like games And working them through Figuring out why some win and some lose And where does that leave me and you [Pre-Chorus 3] I've met coal miners who hate coal Thieves who hate what they stole And they think they've figured it out Rich men who sleep preserved in warmth That can't be touched by any storm Who say they know what life is about [Chorus] But it's a maze where you could take a thousand paths It's all the questions that it does no good to ask Some might reject it Some go insane It's a great puzzle but you got to like games It's a great puzzle but you got to like games