THE WISE MAN AND THE FOOL

When you think to take determination of your fate
Into your own hands
That is the moment you can be crushed
Be cautious, allow for surprises
When we create
There are always other forces
At work
At work
At work
At work

A process cannot be understood
By stopping it
Understanding must move
With the flow of the process
Must join with it
And flow with it
Must join with it and flow with it
That which submits, rules
The willow submits to the wind
And prospers until one day
It is many willows
A wall against the wind
This is the willow's purpose

[Chorus]
A wise man molds himself
The fool lives only to die
The wise man molds himself
The fool lives only to die
Only to die
Only to die
Only to die

Do you wrestle with dreams?
Do you contend with shadows?
Do you move in a kind of sleep?
Time has slipped away
Your life is stolen
You tarried with trifles
The victim of your folly
Wait without purpose
In the highest state of tension
Do not compete with what is happening
To compete is to prepare for failure
Do not be trapped
By the need to achieve anything
This way you achieve everything
You do not take from this universe
It grants you what it will

[Chorus]
A wise man molds himself
The fool lives only to die
The wise man molds himself
The fool lives only to die
Only to die
Only to die
Only to die

When you think to take
Determination of your fate
Into your own hand
That is the moment
You can be crushed
Be cautious, allow for surprises
When we create
There are always other forces
At work
At work
At work
At work