Reason & Rhyme

One if by land, two if by sea
Three times a charm if you're lookin' for me
Follow your course, straighten your aim
Try not to panic and I'll do the same
Long is the road that you must travel
I was the riddle you sought to unravel but

Time weighs on your mind
Seek only that which you're lookin' to find
For time, she dances by
You be the reason and I'll be the rhyme

So you succeed, no stone unturned
Found all the shit you were itchin' to learn
Where are you now, do you feel better
Girl in the mirror there what did it get her now

Best though let it go
Seek what you harvest and reap what you sow
For time she dances by
You be the reason and I'll be the rhyme

Does it look clean and rosy
Through your tainted glasses
Strange how you and your twisted view
Entertains the masses
Do you succeed in lifting yourself higher
Sacrificing another's name
Are there battles it's won for you
What has it done for you

One if by land, two if by sea
Three times a charm if you're lookin' for me
I lay in wait, can you resist
Feed your obsession and crucify this

It's high tide let it ride
Say what you will I have nothing to hide
For time she dances by
Give her a reason, she'll give you a rhyme
You be the reason and I'll be the rhyme
Make me a reason, I'll make you a rhyme

Margaret Owens 1994