We Tried

We tried to manufacture happiness In our over-sized ovens We baked our heart's desires And cooked our favourite recipes Yet we came out with full bellies And no lasting happiness We tried to steer happiness within In our over-sized beds We slept like new born babies And wallowed in a pool of excess We were kings and queens in our own bed of life Yet we came out drenched with sleep And no lasting happiness We tried to find happiness In our over-sized cars We drove to the highest mountains And made lots of memories Yet we came out full of stories And no lasting happiness We tried everything possible To concoct the formula for happiness In our over-sized board rooms We calculated the price of happiness And we purchased the best things money can buy We saw only a glimpse of happiness Nothing to write home about Not even a chapter of happiness completed We tried in vain to seek for what we thought was out there While we left our hearts to rot We disconnected ourselves from ourselves And branded the new found reality freedom We thought happiness will come with our new found wealth We thought money brings happiness We even thought money makes the world go round We fooled ourselves Happiness comes from within A fountain of joy is found deep within our spirit A beacon of all things possible A garden of ecstasy A beautiful existence Happiness is a sweet nectar of Love Concocted inside the heart