The world as you'd have it and the world as it is 
Sliding in and out of focus, does it ever get to fit

The world as you'd have it and the world as it seems 
Keep a sense of the sadness 
But drive it out of your dreams

Grit your teeth and say world as it is 

I've arrived at the point somewhere in between 

Something's eating me today 
Because the question mark in my guts 
Says there's hell to pay, hell to pay

I grit my teeth and say world as it is 

The world as you'd have it, the world that you see 
The world as we'd have it is the world as it will be