(music/lyrics by Aries)
Ever consistent, always resistant
How you shut the world out
Closed up so tightly, not to invite me
How you shut the world out
You've learned the best can let you
Down every time
Learned how to be so strong, but
I beg of you:
Don't be so hard
Sometimes it's better to be open
Every time you build that wall
You hurt yourself
More than anyone
You've been conditioned to be self-
sufficient
How you guard your own heart
The price that you pay is the ice you
remain
How you guard your own heart
So why are you unable
To be vulnerable
You fear if you are, you won't
Make it through the day
Don't be so hard...
When they collide, coincide, only stay the course
Of indispensible logic (that is, as you see it)
Is to recognize a weak man and never be it
The crucial discrepancy, near as I can tell
Is assimilating the need that others have to help
`Cause no man's an island, no matter what you think
And you may get to the water, but alone, can you drink?
So what I'm requesting, what is only the best thing,
Is to counteract your natural inclinations, for they bring
This stance, the chance to advance your station
The courage to be open brings emancipation
Don't be so hard...
C 2002 Aries/Chris Ruggere