The Riddle (Album Version) - Five for Fighting

Written by：John Ondrasik

There was a man back in '95

Whose heart ran out of summers

But before he died I asked him

Wait what's the sense in life

Come over me come over me

He said

Son why you got to sing that tune

Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon

Let an angel swing and make you swoon

Then you will see you will see

Then he said

Here's a riddle for you

Find the answer

There's a reason for the world

You and I

Picked up my kid from school today

Did you learn anything causing the world today

You can't live in a castle far away

Now talk to me come talk to me

He said

Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small

In the scheme of things well we're nothing at all

Still every mother's child sings a lonely song

So play with me come play with me

And hey dad

Here's a riddle for you

Find the answer

There's a reason for the world

You and I

I said

Son for all I've told you

When you get right down to the

Reason for the world

Who am I

There are secrets that we still have left to find

There have been mysteries from the beginning of time

There are answers we're not wise enough to see