Paradox

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Although the paths are many
the road is still the same
We live and die and wonder why 
we ever played the game

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The rules are really simple
and time's not on our side
We sow and reap and never keep
the things we've come to prize

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How often do we tremble
at thoughts we cannot hide
How little do we understand
the emptiness inside

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Cannot be filled with trinkets
we find along the way
Nor can we ever be assured
we have another day

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To make our life worth living
to change the road we're on
to choose the path that leads to life
the reason we were born

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To love the Lord our God
with all our heart and soul 
To love our neighbor as ourself
has always been the goal

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So death is not an ending
this life's not all there is
And God is waiting patiently
because He longs to give

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Eternal life to those who choose
to read between the lines
Who labor long in endless quest
to understand the times

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Whose hearts are always seeking
much more than meets the eye
Whose goal it is to mend the earth
somehow before they die

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Life is but a paradox
a dream within a dream
We live to die and die to live
it's what life really means