When I look ahead I can't see clearly    Anchored all the time to things so near me    Always struggling with the urge to run away    Always try to move ahead succinctly    Never see the future too distinctly    When did my hope seem to lose its ray?       Steadfast as I go from day to day    Slowly my resolve just slips away ...       Looking back    I've been right on track    And now come what may    Its brought me here today    Looking forward now    It's a long way down    And it's no surprise    That I'm in the ides       Not including random flights of fancy    Optimism seems a bit too chancy    Hope is too scared to come around    So I go around and round now in this circular insanity    Its given from time to time now by the obstacles that counter me    It's time to move my head buried underground       Steadfast as I go from day to day    Slowly my resolve just slips away ...       Looking back    I've been right on track    And now come what may    Its brought me here today    Looking forward now    It's a long way down    And it's no surprise    That I'm in the ides       (Let's go!)       Looking back    I've been right on track    And now come what may    Its brought me here today!    Looking forward now    Its a long way down    And its no surprise    That I'm in the ides!