progress is slow (rewrite 1)

progress is slow

it barely even moves

it flows like molten lava

one drop at a time

progress is slow

it never improves

as it rises to the surface

of the back of your mind

trouble, on the other hand,

thinks it can outsmart us

but it only works to part us

in ways we can't ignore

but progress is slow

it barely knows we're here

it's like we've disappeared

while stll looking for more

progress is slow

you hardly can see it

hiding in the distance

nearly out of sight

progress is slow

you can try to free it

as it pushes us onward

into the light

trouble, on the other hand,

keeps us on the ground

neither safe nor sound

it holds us in its grasp

but progress is slow

it fools us with its hiding

but all along it's deciding

that in time trouble will pass

progress is slow

but I can feel it breathing

out from the shadows

to show its face

progress is slow

so you start to believing

it is there in the future

of the human race

progtress is slow