We walk among gravestones
Tread this path for all of our lives
We walk among gravestones
We can feel them every day of our lives

We Walk Among Gravestones

There were signs, there were signals
There were less than subtle hints
On the day that Heaven let you down

You struggled, you fought
You did your very best
Didn’t change that Heaven let you down


There was no help, there was no aid
No hope was to be found
On the day that Heaven let you down
Look to the earth, look to the sky
Toe the many stars above
Couldn’t be that Heaven let you down

Heaven Let You Down

Cold as stone
The salt on my skin is the symbol of failure
Cold as stone
I fall from the sky again
Colder than snow
But then Icarus rises
Icarus rises again

How many times?
Do you say, “Try this again?”
How many days
Are just wasted?
How many years
Can a person live with regret
Before it becomes time to quit this?

At what point
Do you call it failure?
How do you know
When to move on?
At what point do you act like a grownup?
When is it pathetic not to move on?

Icarus Rises

She goes to work and
She pours her big heart 
Into everything that she ever does

Sheila has faith in the future
Shelia believes in humankind
She takes it as read that right now things aren't quite right
Sheila believes in humankind

She knows the world is
Not built on fairness
She knows this as well as anyone does, but


She doesn't let those
Who don't respect her
Get her down or take advantage of her

She truly believes
The day will soon come
When machismo is an obsolete word

She feels that men who
Don't respect her gender
Are becoming fewer farther between

They may rule right now
May take advantage
But they are becoming farther between


"If it's two steps forward
And only one step back..."
Is the mantra she repeats to herself

"...One day we'll get there
We'll all feel equal. 
Though I may not live to see it myself"

She goes to clubs and
Dances her heart out
For a time she leaves the moment behind

And in the moment
She's on the dance floor
She knows this mess may still turn out just fine


Ba ba ba ba-ba

Sheila Believes In Humankind

They say it's not healthy to hang on
Let the past go
I can't help revisiting failures
Regretting decisions
Let the past go
There are times when it feels like
The past didn't happen
Let the past go
If only you could fix it
If ony you could
Let the past go

Can anyone actually let the past go?

When days are full you don't feel it
It's a blessing
Let the past go
It's those empty nights when it catches you
It taunts you
Let the past go
It makes no difference
It's over
It's over
Let the past go
Opportunities are not coming back now
Let the past go

Can anyone actually let the past go?
(I don't think so)

Let The Past Go

Maybe once, maybe 3 times
Maybe 500 is still not enough
To help you steel your nerves
There is time, there is no time
There is simply not another choice
When it comes to this

I can relate it’s fear that stops you now

Time speeds by. Getting older
Years slip by before you realize
They were ever there
Do it now, or you’ll do it never
I can tell you from experience
Tomorrow you’ll be old

I can relate it’s fear that stops you now

There is pain, there is failure
There is simple lack of follow-through
The surest way to fail
There is time, there is no time
There is simply not another choice
When it comes to this

I can relate it’s fear that stops you now

Fear

Things go sideways sometimes
Things feel unreal sometimes
But that’s the way it is
That’s the way it goes sometimes

This life isn’t over
Despite how it feels
This life isn’t over
This one is for real


Things go sideways sometimes
Sometimes things just fail
It can happen
Over and over and over and over again

How many years go by in an instant?
Decades can pass, and
How long ago was 1984?



Days drip away
Under the sun
Everything melts into everything else
Life becomes a blur

Nothing can ever be
Nothing will ever be
Nothing can be exactly
what you thought it was going to be

And the hours go by
And the days go by
And the weeks go by
And the years go by
And the decades go by 
And the life goes by
Oh no, no, no, no
life hasn’t gone by
Life hasn’t gone by
This time, not yet this time 



No, no, no, no, no
No, it’s not over, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no
It’s not
Not quite
Not quite over, no

Life Isn't Over

Look away from the sights that  you feel that you can’t change
Look away from the lives of those people in bad pain
Look away from the faces of children you can’t save
Look away from it all, look away

Look away

Look away form the climate that just keeps on changing
Look away from the oceans that just keep expanding
Look away from the guns that just keep multiplying
Look away from the good cops, look away from the bad cops
Look away from the homeless, look away from their campsites
Look away from the fires, look away from the mudslides
Look away from it all, look away

Look away

Look away from politicians who act just like children
Look away from both sides who call the other oppression
Look away from the fact that both sides think they’re freedom
Look away from it all, look away

Look away

Look away from the past when you feel there’s no future
Look away from the lessons we really could find there
Look away from the danger of just looking away
Look away from it all, look away

Look away

Look away from the faces of children you can’t save
Look away from it all, look away from it all
Look away from it all
Look away

Look Away

200 Miles to Tuba City
700 more to the palm trees of the Coast
One direction mountains
The other it’s just desert
And in the winter
Sharp triangles of white

Altitude, purple skies and bad lungs
Face it all and sing a song with bad lungs

Jagged cliffs that girls fall down
Great rapids that can eat some folks alive
A river died yellow by the silver mines
Every year it takes another life

Natural springs, zipline tours and bad lungs
Hike 6 miles on railroad cliffs with bad lungs

Hippy potheads and folks with too much money
Walk side-by-side like that was meant to be
River guides and tourists have liaisons
In hundred year old tiny hotel rooms

Scenic views, clear blue skies and bad lungs
Winter comes and there’s no cure for bad lungs

Altitude, purple skies and bad lungs
Face it all and sing a song with bad lungs

Bad Lungs

Look around, everyone is younger
It feels like everyone is younger
Everywhere I go I’m feeling old

It’s be great if somebody could tell me
What happened to the kid I used to be
Never thought he’d live to be so old

Funny thing, I can still remember
Too young to be taken seriously
Now it’s clear that everyone knows I’m old

Back then I thought I could change the world
Thought the world was actually changeable
These days I’m simply feeling old

Time was things felt great physically
Swear I felt that I could do anything
Again, I’m simply feeling old

Didn’t do what I wanted when I grow up
A little late since I’m way past growing up
I’m a grownup and I’m growing old

In a way I know more than I used to
And I recognize there’s still a long way to go
Is that wisdom or just growing old?

Neal A. Yeager