1000 Questions

If I look into my family tree
travel far as the eye can see
will I find the truth?
can I handle all the tragedy?
and when the dying leaves dance
across the autumn frost
it reminds me of all the loved ones I've lost
and I wonder do the winds of change
heal the wounded heart?
and is time a warrior who breaks
our walls apart?

And if I drive across this country
looking for some answers
and I find a thousand questions
will I get what I am after?
If I ask a thousand questions
am I closer to wisdom?

So, when we meet our maker
do we lose our hate?
Is my life already written
is there such a thing as fate?
And there's a universe of stars
in the freckles on my body
am I some kind of map
for a whole other galaxy?
or perhaps I am the sky
in a completely new dimension
peopled with beings whose firmament
is my skin.

And if I drive across this country
looking for some answers
and I find a thousand questions
will I get what I am after?
If I ask a thousand questions
am I closer to wisdom?

And if we had to kiss the ground for food
like the grazing beasts
would we treat the earth as sacred
do you think we'd have more peace?