Solace

Lyrics

The world is not a happy place The people in it are not nice There's danger lurking everywhere And there are snakes in paradise You have to work it out somehow I'm through with giving you advice Don't listen to a word I say Who taught you, son, to trust that way? The world is not a pretty place The people in it couldn't care What trusting men and women do Won't make allowances for you You have to work it out somehow Find a way and muscle through For you will find as I have found There's no one will take care of you That way lies madness and despair I can tell you, I've been there The world is not an easy place You learn to swim or else you drown There's poison in the drinking cup Where cynicism knows no bounds And you'll find beauty everywhere It isn't easy to ignore Though you will find some solace there Of pointless beauty, child, beware In righteousness, for glory's sake Turn on your heel from your mistakes Don't listen to a word they say Who taught you, son, to trust that way?