Dilemma

[Intro] [Verse] Escalation seems inevitable, A pitted fear within my gut, Soluble bitterness concoction, Wells up and overcomes, I wanna be a help, ya know, I wanna see a light in anyone I come across... It never dawns on me, The depravity, That some could harbor, Till' I'm knocked down, Bloodied and tired... It's a thin line, I guess, 'Tween a helping hand, And enabling commitment to more unsavory things.. What a dilemma you must face, Just to aid, Just to aid, Just to aid another find the blue flame, [Hook] Shame overcomes, When I feel the itch, To forget it, And just let the drowning man drown, Ooo-- (I have the capacity to be better than that... ) (Break it all...) [Interlude] [Pre-Chorus] Sometimes it's hard, Hard to be the bigger man, Hard to see beyond the slights that life, Slings my way, oh... [Chorus] The dilemma, Of mankind, A heart to help, But the hurts stack up, Whoa-oh, ooo oo, [Chorus] The dilemma, Of mankind, A heart to help, But the hurts stack up, Oh-- oooh hooooo ooo! The dilemma, Of mankind, A will to build, And a drive to break it all down, Break it all down... Break, break, Break it all down, oh-- [Guitar Solo] [Verse] Ugh, Yeah, and I avoid eye contact, With the reflection of myself again, Shove down the responsibility, I have to my fellow man, If I pretend it doesn't affect me, It'll go away eventually, Eventually... Alchemy keeps all the gears moving, Despite the rust, Accumulated garbage, To avoid that gnawing feeling in my chest, Oh... oh... oh... And, What a dilemma one must face, Just to step aside the trouble, The trouble of being more, More than a shadow-fueled mannequin, Simple-minded, fear-fogged abomination, Huh... I know we know, I know we know, I know we know, We're better than that! Yeah! [Guitar Lead] [Pre-Chorus] Sometimes it's hard, Hard to be the bigger man, Hard to see beyond the slights that life, Slings my way, oh... [Chorus] The dilemma, Of mankind, A heart to help, But the hurts stack up, Oh, The dilemma, Of mankind, A heart to help, But the hurts stack up, Oh-- oooh hooooo ooo! The dilemma, Of mankind, A will to build, And a drive to break it all down, Break it all down... Break! Break! Break it all down, oh! [Bridge] Oh... I know we know, I know we know, You know, You know we know better, We know better, Than to let the drowning man drown, Better to go under with em', Than sit idly by, Better to go, Better to go down with em', Than sit idly by, oh... [Build, Hook] The least we could do, Is care enough to help with what little we can, You don't gotta follow a broken path, To help show a better way, ya know, [Breakdown, Refrain] (OOooohhh--) What a, What a, What a dilemma... To deny the pride within, To deny the fear incarnate, To deny the drive in us, For serving others, Serving others, Serving others, For serving others, For serving others, For serving others, Over your own self... (oh, what a dilemma, we must face every day) [Outro]