The Way - Mia Doi Todd

I’ve been looking for a way out

Of this crazy situation now--

The world in crisis;

seems like paradise

Was lost and won’t be found

And all of life is endangered

And on the verge of breaking down

I wake up all fear and dread-locked

By all the things I cannot talk about

We built our house of cards on ignorance

A landfill of deceit.

The walls are hollow

And we listen, worry what they will secrete

Woe woe woe woe is we

We all know they’ve got it fixed

In politico-economics

We’re junking bonds;

we’re dropping

Bombs we’ve made by guzzling gasoline

Public confidence is shaken

Like the apple from the tree

Namu Amida Butsu, gomen

Forgive me for my trespasses

I do my best to exist east of Eden

West of garbagetown, over-accumulated

Karma.

Armageddon, full meltdown

Woe woe woe woe is me

I’ve been looking for a way out

Of this crazy situation now--

Our world in crisis;

seems like paradise

Was lost and won’t be found

And both our lives are endangered

And on the verge of breaking down

Woe woe woe woe is we

Then the garden gates swing wide

And we enter paradise

We are angels;

we are good

We open our wings;

we’ve understood

How time and change are fine

They’re the way.

They’re the way