You Will Be Born Lyrics - Jane Siberry

You will be born into a strange and desolate place 

It will be called, 'The average home' 

The times will be restless and full of uncertainty 

It will be full of violence, the end of the century 

You will silently question this of your mother 

As you drink your milk, and you watch her move away 

And there will be no answer 

You will begin the long process of shutting down 

Your countenance will reflect less light 

And later when you look at pictures of yourself 

You will wonder, you will give up your backbone to the T.V. 

And you will accept a value system 

Putting forth lies and hatred and intolerance 

As acceptable in the name of love 

No one will step forward from the shadows saying 

"Expect this, it's part of the path" 

You will discover drugs and alcohol 

And you will have a good time 

You will have a good time for a long, long time 

And you will have a good, good time for a long, long 

Oh way too long time 

And you will rush headlong towards your 

Bottom line in an instinctive attempt to heal yourself 

You will finally go to AA to learn 

What you should have learned in Sunday school 

And then you will give yourself permission to cry 

And you will cry and cry 

And your friends will move away nervously 

And you'll feel like a fool 

And you will be alone, and no one will step forward 

From the Shadows saying 

"The journey forward includes movement 

Through despair and darkness" 

And you will be gathering strength 

Even if you don't understand 

And certain words like love and integrity and intensity 

Will be drawn into your spine 

And then one day 

You will look up and you will look over 

You will look up and you will look over 

And you will get up and you will go over 

And you will turn off the T.V 

Precious candles 

Your light is your own