Parallel Lyrics

sleeping on a time bomb, staring into space 
there's an ocean of unpleasantries we are not prepared to face 
sitting on the fence post to watch the storm roll in 
and terrified of the damage it will bring when it begins 
it will begin 

splintered dreams of unity (our lives are parallel) 
so far from reality (our lives are parallel) 
independent trajectories (our lives are parallel) 
separate terms of equality (our lives are parallel) 

our lives are parallel 

is there no redemption? no common good? 
is there nothing we can do for ourselves? or only what we should? 

comes the hard admission of what we don't provide 
goes the insistence on the ways and means that so divide 

they so divide 

side by side suffering loneliness (our lives are parallel) 
phony collective progress (our lives are parallel) 
accepting that it's all such a mess (our lives are parallel) 
gesturing without hope of redress (our lives are parallel) 

our lives are parallel 

forging little plays of deception and pain 
as we watch our foundation crumble away 
staggering like birds against a hurricane 
and trying all the while to stay out of each other's way 

broken dreams of unity (our lives are parallel) 
independant trajectories (our lives are parallel) 
screaming out for understanding (our lives are parallel) 
turning inward and suffering (our lives are parallel)