When the world and I were young, just yesterday...

Seems like only yesterday when everything in life was so simple. I knew who to trust and who was not worthy of my trust. I knew who my true friends were, and which people were only fair weather friends, who would stab you in the back at the first opportunity they got. Now it isn't so simple, Black and white all blend into grey, and I'm finding it increasingly more difficult to trust people. For example, I'll tell someone something in confidence, only to have them twist my words to their own advantage and use them against me. Face it, life sucks rotten eggs. People suck rotten eggs. And well, just about everything sucks rotten eggs. Sometimes, I wish I could hole myself up in a cave and just shut everything out. Maybe I'd be better off.

"When the world and I were young, just yesterday
Life was such a simple game a child could play

It was easy then to tell right from wrong
Easy then to tell weak from strong
When a man should stand and fight
Or just go along

But today, there is no day or night
Today, there is no dark or light
Today, there is no black or white
Only shades of gray

I remember when the answer seemed so clear
We had never lived with doubt, or tasted fear

It was easy then to tell truth from lies
Selling out from compromise
Who to love and who to hate
The foolish from the wise

But today, there is no day or night
Today, there is no dark or light
Today, there is no black or white
Only shades of gray

It was easy then to know what was fair
When to keep and when to share
How much to protect your heart
And how much to care

But today, there is no day or night
Today, there is no dark or light
Today, there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
Only shades of gray..." (Mann, Weil)