From the recording Opus in C major
Lyrics
I've seen it start with a furtive glance
leading up to illicit romance
We've made vice just a natural thing
Take what you want and call it a fling
LUST
There are those with an envious heart
They cause a fool and his money to part
Can't control that wandering eye
You're so obsessed with the other guy
ENVY
Irrational sense of personal value
Corrupt measure of your own worth
What you accomplish, you will fracture
A fool's idea of his own stature
PRIDE
That's the way of the world
That's the Way of this World!
An endless effort to satisfy
A need you have but you don't know why
Consuming need for satisfaction
It can't be solved by any action
GREED
Overindulgence in sating your senses
You're so beyond being senseless
Over-consuming of the world's wealth
Poster child for poor mental health
GLUTTONY
That's the way of the World
That's the Way of this World!
(Just keeps slipping away)
Anger impairs
Your thinking process
Eroding Your true thoughtfulness
Lost control of your own behavior
While you look for your own savior
WRATH
There are things that need to be done
You put them off to pursue the sun
Failure to do things that one should do
Says less about me but all about you
SLOTH
That's the way of the world
That's the way of this world!
(Just keeps spinning away)
That's the way of this world