Candles and Flood Lights

We aren’t privy to see the whole picture
That’s just the way the world is
But we see enough to know
Which way the winds blow
And when we're getting the biz.

Someone who just wants our money
Is someone I’d rather not see
Someone who can pluck at my heartstrings
Is good enough for me.

Those who live only in darkness
Are blinded by the light of day
While those who dance in the sunlight
Get to watch their skin melt away.

To all the truth seekers assembled
And all those who are yet to be
Learn how to settle for second best
Your sanity didn’t come free.

And love sweet love at its finest
Is a fleeting commodity
You seize it and squeeze again and again
And find it’s sailed out to sea.

Philosophers scour the depths of knowledge
To find what they never can reach
In the end we all know
The truth they bestow
Is just a figure of speech.