Human Try
To be human is to fall
To reach but fail from every goal
To try and try and try and hope
To grip the ever-sliding rope
That falters in its endless climb
The metaphor inside your mind
Of what you think you can, you won’t
You’ll never earn just what you want.
Trick yourself to believe
That you’re not falling effortlessly,
You’re flying up towards a dream,
You’re swimming up, not starting to sink.
But seconds lie like ticking time
And flickering flames start to shine
You think you’re going up and around
But you’re actually just going down.
Down to heat and down to flame
You’re the only one to blame
For evil found within your skin
For drought and plague and fear and sin
For condemning all the noble true men
For being real and being human.