I've been to the east at the feet of the wise man

I've been to the west on the street with the rich man

I'm stuck in my head pretending that it's all right

I stood on the edge, and stared into the abyss

Watched all the faces and wondered if I've missed

Myself or ourselves as we see it all going down



I turn on the TV, the words seem all useless

Nothing but lies and apocryphal distress

Am I losing my mind or freeing myself from these chains?

Another one caught in a soap opera madness

The movie star dies of a terminal sadness

But all of the time they're wearing a game show smile



Love is a swearword, the conflict is tribal

I saw peace in the white bird I swear on the bible



The mother of nature down on her knees...



And somebody shot the bird down from the sky...



Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?



So this is the new ways, this is the space age

Are we guiding the dollar or building a soul cage?

Am I fighting for the right just to make you wrong?

I don't want to hear any lies, but keep talking

I don't want to open my eyes, I'm sleepwalking

This dumbing me down it's keeping me up all night long



Is reality biting this life that I'm living?

This famous for fifteen seconds to nothing

The fuzzy logic is tragic, but magic is in the words

Take a helter-skelter it's the only way down

Is it Charlie Madson or Charlie Brown?

Who's running this show? It's a dog eat dog eat world

But I'm ready to wake up, I'm ready to learn.



But I'm ready to wake up, I'm ready to learn.

But I'm ready to wake up, I'm ready to learn.



Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?



All of the lovers, all of the haters

All of the brother, all of the fakers

All of the poets and all of the singers

All of the losers, and all of the winners

Those who are left, those who are right

Those who are black and those who are white

All of the gurus and all the misguiders

All the uniters and all the dividers

All of the prohets, and all of the leaders

All of the fathers, and all of the mothers

All of the rich, and all of the poor

All of the me, and all of the you

All of the me, and all of the you

Are you with me?



Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?

Are you with me?

Are you ready?

Tell me are you ready, tell me are you ready?

Are you with me?