Contradictions

Seventeen years in a dead end job

telling his dreams to a deaf eared god

Hangin' on tight by a single thread

prayin' for a change.

Everything you could have sacrificed

your flesh and blood had it's own sweet price

baby's all grown up and moved away

where's that leave you now?

It was your own decision

you made my life your mission.

Somebody tell me

it doesn't make no sense at all

Somebody tell me

Why we're living in a world of contradiction.

Somebody tell me

it doesn't make no sense at all

Somebody tell me

why we're living in a world of contradiction.

Why is it so hard to be understood?

Doing so much for the common good

sorry if I didn't see the truth

the sadness in your eyes

I wanted to stand on my own two feet

looking at life as a one way street.

Thinking that I had it all worked out

where's that leave me now?

We lost communication

too many expectations

Somebody tell me

it doesn't make no sense at all

Somebody tell me

Why we're living in a world of contradiction.

Somebody tell me

it doesn't make no sense at all

Somebody tell me

Why we're living in a world of contradiction.

Everything I have inside

I kept it wrapped up tight

All I know is ..

All I want to know is...

Somebody tell me.

Somebody tell me

it doesn't make no sense at all

Somebody tell me

Why we're living in a world of contradiction

In a world of contradiction.

Seventeen years in a dead end job

telling his dreams to a deaf eared god

Hangin' on tight by a single thread

where's that leave you now?