Do We Dare

The prayers that we pray in

Foxholes and funerals

The songs that we sing in delivery rooms

The questions we ask when nobody's listening

But the man in the moon

The way our hearts beat

Faced with a sunrise

Like maybe they know something we don't

But it's all in code and we can't decode it

Or maybe we won't

Do we dare pay attention

Dare even mention

The mystery we find ourselves caught in

And do we dare to remember

All that we have forgotten

Each breath that we take

We take for granted

So if there are clues we remain unaware

All the days of our lives

Burn down like matches

Vanish into thin air

But there are dreams that we

Dream when we least expect them

And memories that come like unbidden tears

All the things we believed

When we were still children

It's been so many years

Do we dare pay attention

Dare even mention

The mystery we find ourselves caught in

And do we dare to remember

All that we have forgotten

We are battered and torn

From the day we are born

In a world that has blinded and bound us

Is it any surprise we

Don't open our eyes

To the truth that's disguised

All around us

Like the secrets we keep we

Don't know we're keeping

From before there was time

Before there were lies

Can we find you again this

Far from the garden

Do we dare even try

Do we dare pay attention

Dare even mention

The mystery we find ourselves caught in

And do we dare to remember

All that we have forgotten

Forgotten forgotten