Hard, Hard Life
©Kelli Cates

It's a dark, dark life
Shadowed and shivering
And the dark, dark strife
Has you withering

Our hopeless eyes
Always searching for more
Always waiting for hope
By the open door

What gives you relief?
What strays you off-path?
What can you perceive
Is part of the past?
What will joy finally be
When this world is no more?
Eternity by the open door?

It's a hard, hard life
Broken and wavering
It's like a sharp, sharp knife
Cutting through the flavoring

Our hopeless eyes
Always searching for more
Always waiting for hope
By the open door

What gives you relief?
What strays you off-path?
What can you perceive
Is part of the past?
What will joy finally be
When this world is no more?
Eternity by the open door?

Shadows still, overtaking will
Games don't play every day
More than one can become undone
And undone will counter what you say

What gives you relief?
What strays us off-path?
What can we perceive
Is part of the past?
What will joy finally be
When this world is no more?
Eternity by the open door?