Life Cycles Lyrics - Singles - Watchtower

Music: Jarzombek, Keyser 

Lyrics: Keyser 

One moment's pause 

One moments retreat 

Away from the heat ... 

The silent surroundings 

The black of the predawn sky 

The chilled air of night 

All give meaning to the sunrise 

Without darkness 

What would we know of light? 

Day turns to night turns to day 

A cycle that rules our lives 

The darkness of night seems distant 

When the daylight arrives 

Two steps forward, one step back 

It's an unbeaten path we tread 

Sometimes we get blown off track 

Sometimes we get blown ahead 

Life's declines precede life's highs 

Like the lines on a biorhythmic chart 

Between the lows the beauty lies 

Don't take your failure to heart 

We may be dealt some cruel blows 

By fate's implacable hands 

Changing the future - changing our goals 

Laying waste to all of our plans 

No promises, no guarantees 

Of a rose-colored existence 

Progress comes slowly - always met with 

A measure of ruthless Resistance 

Whether it's the pleasure of success 

Or the pain of rejection 

Life doesn't travel just one way 

In either direction 

Bitter cold December 

Spirits - and time - seem as frozen 

As the icy ground 

But time will soon fall 

And march inevitably ahead 

The world keeps spinning ... 

Season come, seasons go 

As we helplessly watch them fly by 

But life has cycles we can Control 

In our own hands our destinies lie