An ageless question, universal They're asking why Creation destined cries flood the night in pain They say if You are real then take it away But man will only look to You lying on his face Now we lie awake With shut eyes So to forever forget this There cries, this agony, injustices, suffering Symptoms of a larger disease Inside of me and you and me So try to close you eyes and make it fade away But open and you'll see This stain is you, this stain is me Now so many wonder why it is So much has gone awry in all of this And being makes you sigh that you exist But you can't escape this Seemingly undeserved is your lot But generations past and you forgot We chose to eat our fill and fell to not This pain is here reminding us to turn and leave To come back home Pointing to show us the way