A Stone Only Rolls Downhill

I wish I could say it would all be all right

It'll all be all right

I wish I could tell you it would all be fine

It'll all be just fine

But a stone only rolls downhill

And these things, they'll be what they will

What they will

Someday soon, you'll look out from your hilltop perch

Your heart worn out from trying to make sense of the arc

Which only bends one way

And you rightly afraid

It don't seem to be the way that we thought

And I wish I could say it would all be all right

It'll all be all right

I wish I could tell you it would all be fine

It'll all be just fine

But a stone only rolls downhill

And these things, they'll be what they will

What they will

Oh, the inertia

Of our ravenous brand of avarice

Of our selfishness

It was just too much to overcome

Now we're overrun

And I wish I could say it would all be all right

It'll all be all right

I wish I could tell you it would all be fine

It'll all be just fine

Oh, how I wish that I could tell you it would be all right

And I wish I could say it would all be all right

Could tell you it'll all be fine, it'll work out

I wish I could tell you it would all be fine

Oh, how I wish I could tell you it'll all be fine

It'll all be just fine

Oh, how I wish that I could tell you it would be all right

And I wish I could say it would all be all right

Could tell you it'll all be fine, it'll work out

I wish I could tell you it would all be fine

Oh, how I wish I could tell you it'll all be fine

It'll all be just fine

Oh, how I wish that I could tell you it would be all right

And I wish I could say it would all be all right

Could tell you it'll all be fine