Counterparts

CUT TO THE CHASE

Is the fire that lights itself
But it burns with a restless flame
The arrow on a moving target
The archer must be sure of his aim

It is the engine that drives itself
But it chooses the uphill climb
A bearing on magnetic north
Growing farther away all the time

Can't stop ‹ moving
Can't stop ‹ moving
Can't stop ‹

You may be right
It's all a waist of time
I guess that's just a chance
I'm prepared to take
A danger I'm prepared to face
Cut to the chase

It is the rocket that ignites itself
And launches its way to the stars
A driver on a busy freeway
Racing the oblivious cars

It's a motor of the western world
Going on to every extreme
Pure as a lovers desire
Evil as a murderer's dream

Young enough not to care too much
About the way things used to be
I'm young enough to remember the future ‹
The past has no claim on me

I'm old enough not to care too much
About the way you think of me
But I'm young enough to remeber the future
And the way things ought to be

What kind of difference
Can one person make
Cut to the chase