GOOD & EVIL Lyrics

There are two ways in life: Good and Evil

And every choice reveals you

Growing up, if we are lucky

We learn the truth about evil and good

We learn that wrong is not right

And that some things we shouldn't

And some things we should

Here is the problem, it is not always

So clear in the messages that we receive

And the fear that presents itself

Loves to deceive all our senses

Until we believe the appearances

As a result in our lives, problems

Surface and complicate our sanity

And so we develop completely inadequate

Thoughts and perceptions of reality

It is imperative we can distinguish

Between good and evil so we can extinguish

The thoughts and perceptions that compromise choices

If not we might as well relinquish our voices

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

Opposites are calling, fighting for your mind

And the choice is yours what will you decide

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

Opposites are calling, fighting for your mind

And the choice is yours what will you decide

Evil is all about my toys

Shouting so you can hear my voice

Good is the norm, brother, life, joy

Helping us block out the white noise

Diversity, purity, sympathy, empathy

Happy prosperity, creative energy

Honesty, decency

Truly the reason we struggle together

This human endeavor is never quite easy

The suffering we see can make us so queasy

And sometimes we turn

To alcohol, ridicule, soon you feel pretty cool

Giving up every hope and concern

This is the evil way, don't care what people say

No, you just turn away, follow the greed

Spending your hours devouring power

And killing the flower to nurture the weed

Evil is easy, evil is obvious

Evil is sinister, decadent, ominous

Evil will rape, murder, pillage for opulence

Brushing its teeth as it slaughters the populace

Then again goodness can be evil too

Cause it's not what you think, it's about what you do

Positive thinking is not quite enough

You can wish for the best as the worst calls your bluff

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

Opposites are calling, fighting for your mind

And the choice is yours what will you decide

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

The choices we make create the world we live in

And they define us

What are the choices that define you

Step over your brother or lend him a hand

Give up on your dreams or come up with a plan

Step into your wisdom or idolize youth

Deceive what you grieve or give into the truth

Nurture the forest or burn down the city

Pick yourself up or give into self-pity

Forgive and forget or vindictively vicious

Simple and kind or malign and malicious

Every day in every nation

We have to struggle with endless temptation

Will we abstain or follow the crumbs

We pay to succumb, when we pray overcome

Evil will only turn into more evil

And goodness will only perpetuate good

What it comes down to is kindness to people

And what would you change if you could

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

Opposites are calling, fighting for your mind

And the choice is yours what will you decide

Here we are again, it's so hard to tell

Is this the road to heaven or the path to hell

After all, what really matters in life

Not money, not things, not our lifestyle or

Our work or our convictions

But just where and how far we shift the border

Between good and evil during our time here