We trust ourselves to guardians
From our first waking days
Delegate authority
Prerogatives we waive

For those who know what's best for us
Will keep us safe from harm
We drift along the sliding scale
Make sail past the alarms

Stealth
Crawling in under the wire
Stealth
Careless with what we desire

Sometimes it's hard to comprehend
The way on down the line
Sometimes it's difficult to see
The outcome through the time

That mists between the present
And our futures all arrayed
We cannot make assumptions
Of the players and the played

Stealth
Crawling in under the wire
Stealth
Deeper we sink in the mire

The instruments of power
That we formulate today
Will pass from hand to hand
And may be dropped along the way

When you entrust a guardian
Remember in their stead
Comes another and you cannot know
What goes on in their head