True To Life

I can only sing it loud
 always try to sing it clear
 what the hell are we all doing here
 making too much of nothing
 or creating one unholy mess
 an unfair study in survival I guess
 but it always comes down to
 what to do when it's all around you
 and this tightwire act
 leaving us here for dead to news of the world
 and liquor piles up ahead
 dodging those with words of power
 forever on their breath
 when the quality of life gets tripped up
 strangled like death
 it seems it's getting harder out there
 especially without time enough to see
 true to life is another hangover
 true to life is more and more politics
 true to life is always having to look over your shoulder
 true to life is assembly-line sickness
 but it always comes down to
 what to do when it's all around you
 and this tightwire act
 leaving us here for dead to news of the world
 and liquor piles up ahead
 dodging those with words of power
 forever on their breath
 when the quality of life gets tripped up
 and strangled like death
 it seems it's getting harder out there
 especially without time enough to see