*Vast Indifference of Heaven

Life marches on
Time stands still
Stabs to the heart
The mind can kill
Blows to the body
Blows to the will
Down at the 7-11
In driving rain
As trouble fall
Creates only pain
Life attacks while
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

Past seems unreal
Future unreachable
Present a nightmare
Happiness a fable
Once more only see
Life and sky gray
As you try to remember
A time that was happy
Same old sun
Same old moon
It's the same old story
Same old tune
They all say
Someday soon
All sins will all be forgiven
Sometime it is hard
To have belief
There is any hope
Or finding relief
So we contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
The world is unfair
Piles on more strife
Until it seems better
To escape this life

I had a girl
Now she's gone
She left town
Town burned down
You had a man
He was untrue
You are at a loss
Of what now to do
We can only contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

Here though
There are friends
We did not expect
But still fate sends
They help us
All troubles transcend
Together we survive
Our strength share
Though we still find
A life unfair
We also have
Friends who care
Together to contemplate eternity
And learn there is no vast indifference of heaven.