when your failsafe will not engage
when you sit shocked and stalled in something's wake
when you cannot keep up as your body breaks down
your mind reeling around and around
when it's not so much that you wrote it
but you were feeling that overloaded

oh i mean what does it mean to ya to set your heart right?
to let go your fetters and cast yourself off
just to bring something to light

when everything is sadly present not future tense
and everything once worth doing makes little sense
will you stay patient and steady, think clear through it all
knowing piece by piece it will resolve
and if it's not so much that you chose it
it may answer the need of the moment

oh i mean what does it mean to ya to set your heart right?
to let go your fetters and cast yourself off
just to bring something to light

a morning flight a few days later
a fine tooth comb through all the hurt we've paid for
now i realise you are much more than i've known
and i must get over and shuffle along
cuz until i have seen you try to make good
i still do not know what you're made of

oh i mean what does it mean to ya to set your heart right?
to let go your fetters and cast yourself off
just to bring something to light