I know I? m always on time But today it feels like Sunday Though it could be Monday They call it Tuesday I know my schedule? s fine And I keep appointments in a diary At night I go to sleep with the moon Oh I? m so unsatisfied today I? m keeping up with the daily news And I? m suffering in silence With kids in war torn society How do they process violence? I saw a leaf fall softly To the soft brown earth And maybe if I could strive? I always thought I knew myself But why do I doubt my majesty? Why do I drown in vanity? And yield to this insanity I met a man in solitary Who spent his life in silence As he grew up quietly He found love in his confinement His father was a humble man Who kept pennies in a bottle When his father died one day He looked but couldn? t find them I saw a leaf fall softly To the soft brown earth And maybe if I could strive? I saw a leaf fall softly To the soft brown earth And maybe if I could strive? To live