Just One Question

Just one question,
it's simple yet unknown
A person will outrun
on this one little question

It takes lives away,
or brings to you joy
Just in time it will sway,
playing you like a toy

Not two, not three
but one degree
Just one question, just one question,
only one question, only one question

To be or not to be
is not the question
Open your mind if you can't see
it’s just once to mention

Just want one simple answer
but no answers, just no answers
Clammy, clergy, chilly question
who’s mighty to answer

Not two, not three
but one degree
Just one question, just one question
only one question, only one question

The wisest give no answers
The bravest do fear
The truest become actors
and the kings disappear
All that was asked was one simple answer

Men have come through
to explain the answer which they thought they knew,
but they all failed on just this one question
what is life?
No answers so I blew

Just one question I asked,
what is life?
Just one question which all the nations strife for is,
what is life?