If All Else Fails

The Institution

If All Else Fails


That unheard call 
Those narrow walls 
Walked a man who knew his fate yet would not show it on his face 
Stiff upper lip 
His final trip 
Would not give til' unconsciously his past of fun had sold his life away 
I will show you what you need to live 
Though you're not here 
I am strong 
People live their lives so carefree 
Never knowing til' it's gone ...All of you 
That acute smell He knew it well 
The reek of an institution filled with sterile personalities I walked right in 
Unknowing grin 
Not returned for the simple fact in the future he would not be able to see me I...
won't let him die, in me he'll be alive I...
can't see this through, 
how much of this can ever be true I...
won't live this way, here I'll stay I...
can hardly see, 
without him, 
for him I'll strive to be