The Conflict In Thee

A baby is born A baby cries Welcome to the world Welcome to the lies You'll grow and grow See life through a child's eyes Mystery unknown under magic skies! The senses you'll feel A world so big, so unreal! The taste of young love The dreams that seem so very real The mind awakens in you You can't be prepared for how you'll feel A burning desire to do what you should not do Be prepared to be misunderstood Be prepared to do good With gritted teeth you'll see what lies beneath the skin in the conflict in thee Be prepared for adulthood See the world through grown up eyes Protect the mind behind your eyes For all the fears and all the lies That breed out or grown ups Dismissed, overlooked, meaningless cries Where cruelty exists, where they smile at your cries For the lies you will tell, and you will tell lies For all the pain you subject from feelings you'll disguise When the animal within sees so clear through your eyes All the wrongs that you right, all the rights that you'll wrong Will mean as much to you as the blinks of your eyes.