Why is the sky As far as I see And why is it that I'm so blue The view from here Is almost as pretty as you Billow of smoke See how it rises I have to fix my eyes Fix my eyes to see this thing clear through How we carry on As if nothing's wrong We try to carry the world Along with us How we carry on How we carry on Oh why the rise Why the fall Why the repetition of it all History, it seems Is bound to see itself once again I try to make out distant places, I try to figure stonewall faces As I climb, try not fall, What does the world think of us all Still we carry on As if nothing's wrong We try to carry the world Along with us Oh where are we headed I just have to ask Oh, such a fine line From tomorrow to the past Oh how we carry on And we try to carry the world Why the wanting Why the need Oh to have it all So much more So much more than we'll ever need Up here in my haven above the strain I'll have to ride down in the rain True progress is to sustain How we carry on As if nothing's wrong We try to carry the world Along with us How we carry on How we carry on We try to carry the world