The rhythm of life Heaven withstanding and smiling we're all swept away The rhythm of life Is not so demanding as some caught in narrows would say Fragile as ships as we pass through Gibraltar The sirens have long given way Dark as the murky graveyard of sailors Whispering secrets told in the crashing waves The beating of hearts Set walls to trembling the power of silence persuades The stumbling feet Stagger predestined we all end up wild eyed and crazed And from the madness most jaded of vision Reflections of horror invade Running and falling relinquish your venom The antidote surely will cause your affliction to fade How little we know of what we are blessed with Our shimmering island it turns How little we look at what we see clearly Of tragedy's lessons not learned Sleeping through classes we'll make it up later There's still so much time left to go Misguided roses we bloom in October Emerging triumphant in time for the season's first snow