Underneath Lyrics - David Wilcox

I know that compassion is all out of fashion 

And anger is all the rage 

Grow up and give in to that cynical spin 

That you see on most every page 

We all know what's wrong with the system 

And how the people are puppets and fools 

And if they're not strong it will trick them 

They'll get used up like factory tools 

And kids just give up in those schools, yeah 

But what is it really, that's keeping me 

From living a life that's true? 

When the worries speak louder than wisdom 

It drowns out all the answers I knew 

So I'm tossed on the waves of the surface 

Still, the mystery is dark and deep 

With a much more frightening stillness 

Underneath, underneath, oh oh 

And hopelessness always comes easy 

But 'Easy' does not make it right 

And courage can look past that surface 

But fear will still put up a fight 

And when I get scared and scattered 

And I don't know where to begin 

Why even care, it doesn't matter 

Why fight when you know you can't win? 

It's easier just to give in 

But what is it really, that's keeping me 

From living a life that's true? 

When the worries speak louder than wisdom 

It drowns out all the answers I knew 

So I'm tossed on the waves of that surface 

Still, the mystery is dark and deep 

With a much more frightening stillness 

Underneath, underneath, underneath, oh