Lyrics

How are you we are often asked
I’m fine how are you we reply
True or not we build our day
On commonplace deception

Joy and sadness we carry with us
Constant companions in daily life
To hide from both we build our day
On commonplace deception

Its hard work trying to remember
All the silly little white lies
Entangled in a self-constructed web
Of commonplace deception

So we hide in our own caves
Echoing with music of our own making
Thoughts and feelings rehearsed over time
In a commonplace deception
There is no power on earth
That can withstand the influence
Of a simple honest and useful life

Swimming in a sea of information
We struggle from day to day
Trapped or so we believe
In a commonplace delusion

Politics and business construct the world
We the consumer inhabit
Those who cannot play the game drown
In the commonplace delusion

This is how it has always been
There is nothing that we can do
Sweet words that allow us to sit back
In the commonplace delusion

So we hide in our own caves
Echoing with music of our own making
Thoughts and feelings rehearsed over time
In a commonplace delusion
There is no power on earth
That can withstand the influence
Of a simple honest and useful life

Time and time again it has been shown
That using words to manipulate others
Confuses and perplexes the mind
In a commonplace bewilderment

In faith in politics in everyday life
Once you cannot trust what you are told
You enter a maze where every turn leads to
Commonplace bewilderment

So I'm going to cross the door of my cave
Leave the ‘music' of my own making
Let go of rehearsed thoughts and feelings
In a commonplace truthfulness for
There is no power on earth
That can withstand the influence
Of a simple honest and useful life