The Life and The Living

The life and the living they give us the right
To hurt and be hurt and turn bittered inside
It is with our eyes that we see shifting lights
And it is with our ears that we tell sigh from sigh
But, tainted, the soul can warp without a thought
And turn thoughts into lessons so easily bought

We feel with our fingers and feel with our hearts
to a point where we can't tell these feelings apart
To somewhere where endings are always new starts
We curse our luck as fate deals our cards
But tainted by dreams, expectations and magic
we can turn innocent things into things deeply tragic

The life and the living they give us the right
To fight when we are loved and love when we fight
To die while we're living as we breathe 'till we die