YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN Lyrics

Unfortunately

Life doesn't come with a warning sign

There's no instruction manual

Code of conduct

Or reference guide

Handed to you on arrival

No formal introduction

No rule book

Or list of dos and don'ts

Posted up in the waiting area

No toolbox talk

Or written statement of particulars

Or safety awareness program

Issued to you on your way in

There's no fully experienced member of the team

To meet and greet you at the start

Who will be with you

Every step of the way

To take you through all stages of the program

And to answer all of your questions and concerns

Their only concern

Is that you don't ask them too many questions

Knowing that they don't have all the answers either

There's no one available

Who is fully qualified enough

To take out and remove all of life's guess work

You'll be figuring it all out as you go along

There's no one on hand

Who knows every one of the blind spots

And possible pitfalls

That you may encounter

Throughout the course of your training period

No one to hold your hand

Who knows their way confidently through all of the dark spaces

You will inevitably find yourself in

There will be no light at the end of the tunnel

Until of course, you know where you're going

There's no dummy run

No panic button

No emergency break glass

No search and rescue

No hazard lights

No seat belts

No breaks

No oxygen masks

No air bag

No fire drill

No crash test

No get-out clause

No do-over

No rerun

No rehearsal

No saving grace

And no knight in shining armour

You soon come to find

That all and any emergency helplines are busy

With no one really having the time to listen

You're free however

To talk to yourself, of course

But that's only if time permits

Self awareness

Self reflection

Self discovery

Self preservation

You come to discover

That there's actually no one dedicated team

Manning the office

That you're on your own

And no-one really knows who's in charge

And that inevitably

You too will end up eventually having to work from home

And off of your own initiative, alone

In other words

You'll have to learn to master your own mind

Those who don't quickly find a way

To become their own boss

Eventually get lost

And there will be no pity party

Sent to find you

And rescue you from the inevitability of your internal wars

These are unique battles

Ones you'll be forced to fight alone

And by yourself

Until the day you die

Or are reborn

There will be no peace offering

That's something you'll have find on your own

And give to yourself

There will be no relent

And no surrender

From all that life wants to give to you

Or to take away

And no special concessions

Or blessings

That in some way you didn't earn

There's only but one way to hand in your notice

To quit

Or to leave

This is the sworn contract

Between you and life

Already signed and sealed

By your ultimate and involuntary arrival

And therefore, can never be broken