You Will Be Born (Live)

[Verse]
One. You will be born into a strange and desolate place
Two. It will be called "The Average Home"
Three. The times will be restless and full of uncertainty, it will be
Four. It will be full of violence, the end of the century
Five. And you will silently question this of your mother
As you drink your milk and you watch her move
Six. Move away, and there will be no answer
Seven. And you will begin the long process of shutting down
Eight. And your countenance will reflect less light
And later when you look at pictures of yourself
Nine. You will wonder
Ten. And you will give up your backbone to the TV
And you will accept a value system
Eleven. Putting forth lies and hatred and Intolerance
As acceptable in the name of love
Twelve. And no one will step forward from the shadows saying
"Expect this, it's"
Thirteen. "It's part of the path"
And you will discover drugs and alcohol
Fourteen. And you will have a good time. Oh, and you will have
Fifteen. A good time for a long, long time
Sixteen. And you will have a good, good time
For a long, long, oh way too long time
Seventeen. And you will rush headlong towards your
Eighteen. Bottom line in an Instinctive attempt to heal yourself
Nineteen. And you will finally go to AA to learn
What you should have learned in Sunday school
Twenty. And then you will give yourself permission to cry
And you will cry and cry
Twenty-one. And your friends will move away nervously
Twenty-two. And you'll feel like a fool
Twenty-three. And you will be alone
And no one will step forward from the shadows saying
"Ah, but the journey forward"
Twenty four. "Includes movement through despair and darkness"
And you will be gathering strength
Even if you don't understand
And certain words like love and integrity and intensity
Will be drawn into your spine
And then one day you will look up
And you will look over
And you will look up
And you will look over
And you will get up
And you will go over
And you will turn off the TV

[Chorus]
Precious candles
Your light is your own
Precious candles
Your light is your own
Precious candles
Your light is your own
Precious candles
Your light is your own