I know it's getting late   but I feel I need to explain   all the laughter and the lies   can't stay the fear or hide the pain      somewhere along the way   we exchanged our dreams for selfish pride   there was a common goal   but somehow that vision has died      is it so hard to understand   the facts that YOU ignore   we've grown so tired of trying   wasting our time criticizing   and nothing's easy anymore   nothing's easy anymore      is it too late to understand   the writing that's on the walls   while we watch time slip through our hands   we're deaf to our own demands   when the eleventh hour calls   the eleventh hour calls      and nothing's easy anymore   when the eleventh hour calls   the eleventh hour calls      I know it's getting late   but I feel I need to explain