Opposite Tables

Father, oh Father, please hear me My song is a cry of desperation All of the words I hear Have lost their meanin′ My life is a well of confusion Drowned out by the sound Of the lost and lonely Only the voice inside Speaks Your name to me If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see My brothers at opposite tables Like fire and water against each other Only a fool can? t see The obvious endin' Are we as ashes to wild wood? Is life just a fire that Can only consume us? Is there no vision of love To bind us together? If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see If they only knew The things that I know If they only could see The things that I see ...