Carefully Planned Irony

Paradise is nice, it's time was done
This rope was thrown around velvet necks before
The chance of a life time taken in tow

When the going gets tough
And when the glow don't go on and on
It gets sad, things are prepared that way

It starts with a kiss and ends in distress
In between ecstasy and a strange kind of sad
You fell in love with love itself

Nobody's tough enough to carry that on
The strong and the faithful all fall that way
And you follow life through the eye of it's
Carefully planned irony

This bird has flown, my time was done
This hat has sat on vacated floors before
And the owner of the hat has been sad and lost for words

As he stoops to count the cost
And the time weighs down on his shoulders now
And you follow life through the eye of it's
Carefully planned irony