The stage is set, the race is on   To drink the cup 'til every drop is gone   And when you make it to the top   The hunger doesn't stop      You climb the ladder to success   The way the world defines it more or less   You find the grass is greener still   On someone else's hill      Diamonds and pearls, silver and gold   Soon fade away, empty and cold   Nothing remains of the things that we strive to attain   Only the love that is lasting will not be in vain      They say that pride's before the fall   The stakes are high, you know who takes it all   To make it through the needle's eye   You just can't live a lie      Diamonds and pearls, silver and gold   Soon fade away, empty and cold   Nothing remains of the things that we strive to attain   Only the love that is lasting will not be in vain      Diamonds and pearls, silver and gold   Soon fade away, empty and cold   Nothing remains of the things that we strive to attain   Only the love that is lasting will not be in vain