The Green Years

[Verse 1]
I can tell myself I know the answers
Try to puzzle out the painful things I've yet to learn
But I don't understand the subtle plan
And still I wonder
As the seeds we've sown fall to earth and grow
In a barren land

[Verse 2]
Sheltered in our seasoned hardness
Shall we share a stagnant tear to ease our wooden hearts?
Well that depends
With our precious hands clutching painted sand
And our broken wheels in doubt, as we turn for home

[Verse 3]
Melting in a dream of gardens
I was walking through thе trees when someone callеd my name
I long to trespass down that path again
And though I've no regrets
I can still recall when the first leaves fall
How I lost my way

[Verse 4]
Parachuting into darkness
Doesn't every wounded hero live to fight again
I'm bailing out
But the profiteers stole my surplus years
Am I somersaulting headlong into the ground?

[Outro]
(Those bright green years)
(Those searching years)