Seventeen years in a dead end job,
Telling his dreams to a deaf-eared god
Hanging on tight by a single thread,
Praying for a change
Everything you could've sacrificed,
Your flesh and blood had it's own sweet price
Baby's all grown up and moved away,
Where's that leave you now?
It was your own decision,
You made my life a mission
Somebody tell me,
(It doesn't make any sense at all)
Somebody tell me,
Why we're living in a world of contradiction
Somebody tell me,
(It doesn't make any sense at all)
Somebody tell me,
Why we're living in a world of contradiction
Working so hard to be understood,
Doing so much for the common good
Sorry if I didn't see the truth
The sadness in your eyes
I wanted to stand on my own two feet,
Looking at life as a one-way street
Thinking that I had all worked out,
Where's that leave me now?
We lost communication,
Too many expectations
Somebody tell me,
(It doesn't make any sense at all)
Somebody tell me,
Why we're living in a world of contradiction
Somebody tell me,
(It doesn't make any sense at all)
Somebody tell me,
Why we're living in a world of contradiction
Everything I have inside,
I kept it wrapped up tight
All I know is,
All I want to know is,
Somebody tell me
Somebody tell me,
(It doesn't make any sense at all)
Somebody tell me,
Why we're living in a world of contradiction
In a world of contradiction
Seventeen years in a dead end job,
Telling his dreams to a deaf-eared god
Hanging on tight by a single thread,
Where's that leave you now?