Contradictions

Seventeen years in a dead-end job,
Telling his dreams to a deaf-eared god,
Hanging on tight with a single thread,
Praying for a dream

Everything you've could have sacrificed,
Flesh and blood had it's own sweet price,
Babies all grown and moved away.
Where's that leave you now ?

It was your only decision,
You made my life a mission.

Somebody tell me,
It doesn't make me simple.
Somebody tell me,
Why we live in a world of contradictions.
Somebody tell me,
It doesn't make me simple.
Somebody tell me,
Why we live in a world of contradictions.

Working so hard to be understood,
Doing so much for the common good.
Sorry if I didn't see the truth,
Sadness in your eyes.

Wanted to stand on my own two feet,
Looking at life like a one way street,
Thinking that I had it all worked out.
Where's that leave me now ?

We lost communication,
Too many expectations.

Somebody tell me,
It doesn't make me simple.
Somebody tell me,
Why we live in a world of contradictions.
Somebody tell me,
It doesn't make me simple.
Somebody tell me,
Why we live in a world of contradictions.

Everything I have inside,
I kept it wrapped up tight.
All I know is,
All I want to know is.

Somebody tell me

Somebody tell me,
It doesn't make me simple.
Somebody tell me,
Why we live in a world of contradictions.
In a world of contradictions.

Seventeen years in a dead-end job,
Telling his dreams to a deaf-eared god,
Hanging on tight with a single thread.
Where's that leave you now?