THE FINISH LINE Oct. 9/85 Karl Rigelhof

We're living far/way beyond our means
We grab out as high/far as we can reach/
We grab onto/out for whatever is in reach
In our haste to realize our dreams
We fall behind in reality

Memories are biodegradable substances
Thoughts/ideas are (usually) contemptible/unpredictable instances/chances
Reason(s) (is a)/(they are) debatable circumstance(s)
Emotions are extremely/very unstable elements
Egos are over/underinflated dirigibles

We're taking (every)thing(s) to (the) extreme(s)
We tend/like to push it to the limit
(We live life faster)/
(Life is more complex) than it has/'s ever been
We run the race but will we win it
(Or) (will we) even finish it

(The) flesh (it) yearns for improbable/impossible desires
(The) blood (it) burns with (an) unquenchable fire(s)
(The) mind (it) turns to illogical rhetoric
(The) soul (it) learns from intangible evidence
(Your) life (it) churns out insubstantial/inevitable coincidence(s)

CHORUS:
Will we/you cross that/the finish line
Will we/you make it just in time
To find it's not over
We/you have to go/run again/
We/you have to do it (all) (over) again
Because it/the (race) never ends