You had the world’s hopes and now you have their fears They’re starting to ask those silly questions about what’s been going on since you’ve been here And I don’t want to judge but you know it would appear That the foundation of your house of cards is starting to disappear And you’re maintaining a healthy surveillance on your people near and far You claim it’s for their safety, but we all know that’s a farce And you’ve wired up your kingdom, now you’re watching it explode It’s just a day in the life of Jesus Jones Well I suppose life is a game of probability, at least if you’re not rich You can shoot for the stars but you’re more likely to end up in a ditch And if you make it to the top with plans to change the mix You might as well add your name to your list of problems to be fixed So you applaud yourself as you sign your almighty name You make sure it’s televised to show your children cavalcade Then you see your opponents smirk and you ask, “what’s the joke?” As they reply, “another day in the life of Jesus Jones” And when your false progress is mentioned you’re pressed for an excuse You say, “it’s them” and they say, “no, it’s you” As everyone else is asking, “Why don’t you all do what you’re supposed to do?” “Instead of pointing, perhaps you could put yourself to some other use” So now you’re losing your charm as they’re losing their shit You try to change the subject by addressing current events But when they reverse it and ask who did and didn’t know You find you’re living a day in the life of Jesus Jones You meet a man they call the chef and you ask him what can he cook He pauses for a moment and with a smile says, “just the books” You say “are you serious? You mean you’re a crook?” Then he writes you a check for a fraction of what he took Now your supporters are furious and even flaunting your fail You point to the free market and they point to jail And if you’re wondering what it’s like to have those who love you at your throat Just spend a day in the life of Jesus Jones Oh but I guess a round of handshakes is the customary deed They’ll say you’re a villain and then they’ll bow down at your feet You’ve become a caricature of yourself, a tabloid celebrity For they love you, they hate you, they need you, they need you to leave Now your position itself is taking its toll The occupational stress exuding like cigarettes for the soul And you ask now who’s calling and they say, “just pick up the phone!” For it’s another day in the life of Jesus Jones But as a master detractor, you’re no stranger to the drill They’ll say “look what is happening” and you’ll say, “look who I can kill” And as their approval is playing limbo, you stick your dissidents with the bill Acquiring irrefutable faith in your ability to sink lower still And sure it could be worse, but that’s not the point When it’s society that could you enhancing instead of your military toys But it’s a cycle of fear and as everyone starts to know You realize it’s only a day in the life of Jesus Jones

I have bore witness to events that are not my business While exercising persistence and unintentionally improving fitness For it is not my mission to arrive in this position To talk as people listen for I am but a simple musician And I fear the future moving in While striving for perfection under constant dissection Others seeking motivation but end up with frustration Show me a saint who’s not a sinner or justified faith in a beginner An answer to all our problems from that new face whom wants to solve them Still I fear the future moving in For it doesn’t matter which platform you support Nor the reasons that you purport As each is but a stone in the wall Just elected to fall So look upon those with power, once obtained becoming sour Perhaps a mission cast upon us, to not keep what they promise Or maybe the position overwhelming, unaware of what they’re selling And you can say what you will, still you’re stuck with the bill And I fear the future moving in Finding solidarity demanding change, but none can be arranged Still having to work within the system, even though you are against them Trying to flee from oppression, but it’s in every direction And you may think you have some time still, but history works in cycles And so I fear the future moving in For it doesn’t matter which platform you support Nor the reasons that you purport As each is but a stone in the wall Just elected to fall

If you’re waiting for a miracle or something good to happen You might be waiting for your whole entire life For there is no promised land and if you see two footprints in the sand It’s quite possible one’s from your other personality And I once believed in God but now I find it so odd That people who have nothing cling to it in another form But if that works well for them, then I really don’t have a problem As long as they politely distance their judgments from me And you don’t have to be a scientist to explain away the world But if you don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean it’s magical And if you don’t believe me, then why do you choose to believe In an invisible man controlling your destiny? Now I once was lost but now I am found By reason and logical thinking For I talked to the sky, but I’m still awaiting a reply And I probably will be for the rest of my life And while your kind thoughts are nice, wishful thinking does not change lives It just shows your unwillingness to actually do anything So you can cast your hopes out to the wind, but when it changes direction Will you or your god be responsible for your fate? And you don’t have to be a scientist to explain away the world But if you don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean it’s magical And if you don’t believe me, then why do you choose to believe In an invisible man controlling your destiny? and I’ll hope you are well when I see you at the gates of hell and we realize we were both wrong and laugh about it but we only have these lives to lead and there is no eternity there’s just these forms we see at least that’s what I believe at least that’s what I believe at least that’s what I believe at least that’s what I believe at least that’s what I believe And you don’t have to be a scientist to explain away the world But if you don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean it’s magical And if you don’t believe me, then why do you choose to believe In an invisible man controlling your destiny?