Life And Death - Carolyn Arends

We ride emotions like subway trains 
Down in the tunnels inside our brains 
And life's a blur speeding past the window 
We'd love to stop but who has the time 
So much to do - we're so far behind 
And we stay that way no matter how fast we go 
I wonder what's the point at which we break 
When will we realize just what's at stake 
We dance at weddings and we cry at wakes 
And then we rush to make the next appointment 

Chorus:
It's a matter of life and death 
All the chances we're gonna get 
To use our voices, make our choices 
Happen here and now 
What's the matter with all of us 
Chase the wind and we miss the bus 
We get distracted from what matters 
And then somehow we forget 
It's life and death 

Our guardian angels appear like dreams 
They try to show us eternal things 
And we decide if we will pay attention 
But we're too busy to check the holes 
That just keep growing inside our souls 
We are wearing thin and so we feel the tension 
Between the life we want and the life we need 
We're all afflicted by the same disease 
Dear God in heaven won't you show us please 
How to be free from this condition 

Chorus:
It's a matter of life and death 
All the chances we're gonna get 
To use our voices, make our choices 
Happen here and now 
What's the matter with all of us 
Chase the wind and we miss the bus 
We get distracted from what matters 
And then somehow we forget 
It's life and death 

We've got to remember 
It's life and death 
Try to remember 
It's life and death