Building a hole

The sun will melt these pure young faces
And scorch the ground on which they run.
And as they work to fill hollow spaces
They find their playtime's come and gone.

Words now failing to console them
Wish I could see them run again.
Hopes and dreams then saw them flyin'
Our hopes and fears are all the same.

Simple as it seems I'm jaded
Simple as it was it's gone.
Simple as it is I'm fading
Riddled as I've been I'm gone.

Years dance by and the lesson's learned
We find the end where we'd begun
The longest distance we'll be crossing
Is from here and now and on within.

Simple as it seems I'm jaded
Simple as it was it's gone.
Simple as it is I'm fading
Riddled as I've been I'm gone.

Simple as it is
Simple as it was
Simple as it seems
Simple as it is
Simple as it seems
Simple as it is

...And we're building a hole