Life Life Life Life Strife or strive Survive or thrive Living narrow or living wide Sneak around in the shadows or Never hide Ride in the passenger seat Or drive Die or stay alive Or stay alive Gotta figure this shit out On our own No instruction manuals Upon entrance We gotta find our comfort and energy zones All on our own Sure there's all kinds of help along the way but Day to day we must stay Open, vigilant, focussed, unfocussed if necessary Kind, always necessary Courageous, strong, ever-learning Always necessary Ever-loving, always necessary So many steps, so many missteps So many failures, so many victories How do we know when to attack Retreat, keep fighting Or acquiesce to defeat Why, so many prices to pay So often way too high Why can't we just be What do we have to or not do To just feel free, be free Balance in everything Balance in all the things We gonna let our freedom ring true Now free So many queries What's fake, what's real What should we believe, what should we not believe The answers ain't never clear, ain't never easy Not necessary, so fuck it Just be good, do good Let's go 'cause we never know Until we know Life