The darkness in the hearts of men Is not illuminated from within It takes a sword to break the skin And let the healing sunlight in So if the lamp of your eye is dark How dark indeed it is inside your heart If all you see is what is no there The light of being turns to dark despair Hey la la la How do you see Do you see clearly Do you see light but doubt it's source And are you blinded by your vision Or deafened by the sound of your own voice A hope deferred can kill the heart And make a mockery out of what's really art So set your sights up on the day And may your eyes be free to see the light again Hey la la