we live from day to day 
with exposure to the actors 
who have been assigned a role 
on life's stage 
we've come to think we know 
how the script goes 
yet no one can seem to 
get their actions right day to day 
thrust upon the stage 
of time and space 
the role of life awaits 
to be played 
we look upon our heart 
as a mirror 
yet it keeps reflecting 
all the things we seem to despise 
the tongue can be so kind 
and endearing 
yet it keeps dispensing 
all the evil things from the heart 
and i see the symptoms are from inside 
and the realization: 
the only chance of hope is from above 
all my life, laid before you 
all my life 
thrust upon the stage 
of time and space 
the role of life awaits 
to be played