What Will You Have Left? Songtext

von Seven day run

Oh, the temptation of all of these treasures
We succumb to again and again
And we undertake the greatest of measures
And justify the means by the ends

I have wailed against the wisdom of ages
About the spoils of fortune and fame
But when this tail turns the last of its pages
What will we have really gained?

When all your friends have gone...What will you have left?
When everything has gone wrong... What will you have left?

I shudder to think how the world defines winner
And the real wages of doubt
Me, I'm down in the gutter among all the sinners
Trying to lift each other out

When fortunes change as they will do
I hope time don't get the best of you...all right, o.k.
And all those things of which you boast
Will remind you of what you need most right then, on that day

Will you have hope?
Or will you descend the slippery slope of despair?
Will you have hate?
Or will you find love waiting for you there?

When all your friends have gone...What will you have left?
When everything has gone wrong... What will you have left?
When your swan finds it song...
What will you have, what will you have, what will you have left?