Plato's Legacy

We’re playing with shadows On the walls of the cave Mindset entrenched In the patters we crave Bound by tradition that layers the land Held in convictions we don’t understand Refugees camped by the tracks of our fear Waiting for destiny year after year While we’re playing with shadows on the walls of the cave Mindset entrenched in the patters we crave Strangers arrive trailing yesterdays smoke Clung to the dark of obscurities cloak Political warlords that stare into flames Provide cryptic answers that buttress the games That we’re playing with shadows on the walls of the cave Mindset entrenched in the patters we crave Minstrels and mystics tell tales of the sun Beset with derision before they’ve begun Visions of summerland, stories they’ve found While the concepts of misery are keeping us bound To our playing with shadows on the walls of the cave Mindset entrenched in the patters we crave We’re playing with shadows On the walls of the cave…..