sleeping on a time bomb, staring into space
  there's an ocean of unpleasantries we are not prepared to face
    sitting on the fence post to watch the storm roll in
  and terrified of the damage it will bring when it begins
  it will begin
    splintered dreams of unity (our lives are parallel)
  so far from reality (our lives are parallel)
  independent trajectories (our lives are parallel)
  separate terms of equality (our lives are parallel)
    our lives are parallel
    is there no redemption? no common good?
  is there nothing we can do for ourselves? or only what we should?
    comes the hard admission of what we don't provide
  goes the insistence on the ways and means that so divide
    they so divide
    side by side suffering loneliness (our lives are parallel)
  phony collective progress (our lives are parallel)
  accepting that it's all such a mess (our lives are parallel)
  gesturing without hope of redress (our lives are parallel)
    our lives are parallel
    forging little plays of deception and pain
  as we watch our foundation crumble away
  staggering like birds against a hurricane
  and trying all the while to stay out of each other's way
    broken dreams of unity (our lives are parallel)
  independant trajectories (our lives are parallel)
  screaming out for understanding (our lives are parallel)
  turning inward and suffering (our lives are parallel)