Timothy Goodwin

I POSSESS THE ANSWERS
I KNOW WHERE TO START
THE FIRST PART IS SO SIMPLE
IT BEGINS AND ENDS
IN MY HEART

I FULLY UNDERSTAND
THAT IN THIS WARFARE
THAT I NEVER WANTED
THERE ARE THOSE
WHO DON’T
WANT TO HEAR
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
THEY ONLY WANT
ME TO SAY
WHAT THEY WANT
TO HEAR

I ABHOR THIS INSENSITIVITY
THIS SELF-ABSORBTION
HOWEVER
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE
ARE TOO WEAK TO CHANGE
EVEN AS THE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND

AND THEREFORE
I MUST DETACH MYSELF
FROM THEIR INFLUENCE
AS IT HAS NO BENEFIT TO ME WHATSOEVER

I WOULD ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE
ALL THINGS
BUT SOME WANT MORE
THAN THEY DESERVE

AND FURTHERMORE
THEY WANT TO TAKE
FROM ME
EVEN AS THEY TAKE
FROM EACH OTHER

HOWEVER
THEY CANNOT TAKE
FROM ME
WHAT IT IS I KNOW
AND I WILL ONLY SHARE
WHAT I WANT TO SHOW

AND I KNOW NOW
THAT I AM
A PECULIAR PERSON
SOMETIMES WITH A HEART
TOO COLD

I KNOW THAT
I CAN BE CHARMING
A THERAPIST
A WRITER
AND AN ARTIST
WHILE MY BODY GROWS OLD

AND I ONLY WANT
THE BEST
WITH THE PERCEPTION
I RETAIN
KNOWING
THAT MY BEST INTENTIONS
WERE NOT IN VAIN

HOWEVER LIFE IT WOULD SEEM
IS A ONE-SIDED SHOW
THE CORRUPT INHERIT
THE PRIZES
MEANT FOR THE MEEK
WHILE THOSE WHO APPEAR WEAK
ARE GIVEN RICHES INTERNALLY
AND THEREIN LIES
THE GRAND ILLUSION…

HOWEVER THE GRANDEST
OF ILLUSIONS
IS BELIEVING WE ARE
ALL THE SAME INSIDE
IF THIS IS TRUE
THEN WHY
DO SOME OF US
HAVE TO HIDE
WHEN WE DON’T CHOOSE TO?

ANOTHER LIFE
ANOTHER PROVING GROUND
HOWEVER PEOPLE
REMAIN CONSTANT
AND ALL ENLIGHTENMENT IS GOOD FOR
IS SEPERATING YOURSELF
FROM THE GRAND ILLUSION

AND THEREIN IS ESTABLISHED
CONFUSION
WHEN YOU CANNOT
MAKE THE PIECES FIT
LEAVING YOURSELF TO ASK
IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?

ANOTHER DAY GOES BY
LIFE MOVES ON
WHILE I SING MY SONG
AND WONDER IF TODAY
I WILL HAVE THE ANSWER
I SEEK
AS I ALREADY HAVE
THE ANSWER TO
THE EQUATION…

SHOULD I BE GRATEFUL
FOR THIS INSIGHT
RATHER THAN BE DISILLUSIONED?
MONEY IS HONEY
BUT I NEVER CARED MUCH
FOR BEES

AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS
SOME ARE LADYBUGS
OTHERS ARE BUTTERFLIES
SOME ARE WASPS
THAT STING

HOWEVER I CAN RECOGNIZE
THEM ALL
IN SPITE OF THE MASKS
THEY WEAR
FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE
BUT I NEVER CARED MUCH
FOR WEARING A MASK

IF THEY DON’T HAVE
YOUR BEST INTENTIONS
IN MIND
SMILE AND NOD
AND SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY
THEY ARE NOT WORTH
YOUR TIME
THEY OFFER ONLY
A CLOUDY DAY

VAGARIES AND ILLUSIONS
IS ALL THAT THEY BRING
MASKS AND CLOAKS
OF DECEIT AND CONFUSION
THAT DON’T HELP
YOU SING

BUT TAKE HEART
AND BE OF GOOD CHEER
MAYBE IN A DAY
OR A YEAR
YOU WILL HAVE
THE ANSWER TO
THE EQUATION
THAT COMPLETES
THE FINAL RHYME

AND WHEN FALLS
THE FINAL CURTAIN
YOU CAN SMILE
FOR YOU WILL KNOW
FOR CERTAIN
THAT ALL THE
POINTLESS WORDS OFFERED
WILL BLOW THROUGH YOU
IN THE MISTS OF TIME