Así Son Las Cosas

The world is going down the drain, but who the hell cares
Life's just a damn short story
To tell your grandkids, or maybe not even that
Some kill for love, but others die for a kiss

I confess, damn world of fools
Everything can be bought here, you just gotta put a price on it
This world is filled with greed
And the hours slip away from the clock just because you waste them

Envy brings nothing good, revenge even less
Glares transmit hate, words spit poison
And it's strange because time separates us
But it separates us so we never see each other's faces again

Destiny prepares us for the truth
I search for the meaning of life because I don’t know where it is
I’m lost and trapped in this eternal darkness
Walking in fear and to top it off, without a flashlight

We're just cattle in a fucked-up world of crazies
Watch out, the ones by your side are few
Everyone's watching you with a magnifying glass and spotlights, maybe you’ve noticed
That's how things are, and that's how I've told you

Tell me, who can I ask?
How did I end up here, when I didn’t even know how to start?
Reality isn’t what your eyes show you, another riddle without an answer
Each time with more burdens to bear

We're just puppets in this huge theater
True friends, one, two, three, maybe four at most
Sick of being told what I can’t do, you’re not the one
To draw a line separating good from evil

They say happy endings don’t exist
Ask my heart, it’s begging for compensation
For all the pain suffered and all the damage caused
I’ve committed a crime, that’s why they put me through the third degree

Life sentenced to the channel of the miserable
There’s no pure alcohol that can heal this scar
My heart hardened by varnish, another matrix doesn’t exist
You come to fuck with me? Go back where you came from

We're just cattle in a fucked-up world of crazies
Watch out, the ones by your side are few
Everyone's watching you with a magnifying glass and spotlights, maybe you’ve noticed
That's how things are, and that's how I've told you

Drugs and alcohol can ruin your life
The one that opens so many doors to close your exits
And you have to toughen up to take the hits
We trip over the same stone because we’re clumsy

Or because of that blindfold hiding your eyes
Crying isn’t for the weak or the lazy
The distance between love and hate is small
For me, loneliness keeps me company on this page

Though there are falls that don’t hurt, they always leave scars
And your dreams fade like the years with the candles
That you blow out yourself, forget the grudge and forgive
Look inside yourself, your values make your person

And too much senseless violence against the unjust
I know you can, don’t stay silent, just scream
If you need to, even though the greatest pain isn’t physical, and you know it
You’ll know if you give more chances or not

We're just cattle in a fucked-up world of crazies
Watch out, the ones by your side are few
Everyone's watching you with a magnifying glass and spotlights, maybe you’ve noticed
That's how things are, and that's how I've told you

Beauty is subjective, it’s in the eyes of the beholder
And you’re free from this prison run by those above
It’s all business and dirty money, you believe what you see
Everything is a big lie right in front of you on the internet

The world is crazy, that’s why you challenge a God
Who gave some so much and others so little
But in reality, we’re all equal, nothing makes us better
No one is perfect because we all make mistakes

Good people will remain a minority
And happiness fades as age increases
So live how you want while you can
Because you’ll never know exactly how much time you have left

Because death is easy, life is fragile as glass
You gotta be quick to dodge, life’s gonna hit you
No one gets out alive, though I wish I were wrong
That's how things are, and that's how I've told you