Ben Travis: Music
Preconceptions
((c)2000 Ben Travis)
(verse 1)
We are all fed our beliefs from the womb
like mashed carrots on a spoon
Though we defend them valiantly
sometimes they fall like scales
around us and lie useless at our feet
Still we find our preconceptions
grinning at us from dark corners
Clawing at our hearts
Envying our freedom
(chorus)
And we learn to dance
to the rhythm we hear
as the wind shakes the trees
and our shadows grow longer
We tip our hats
to the past that has shaped us
and point our canes into
the blackness ahead
(verse 2)
Though we are satisfied with questions
the voices around us cry for certainty
Strangely enough, they often find it
yet we remain unconvinced
and this is unacceptable
There are times when we'd trade
our souls for some black and white
But we trudge on silently
Through the endless sea of grays
[to chorus]
Like pieces of a puzzle
that has no solution
the fragments of truth that we see
wink at us knowingly
[to chorus]