In or out?

In-out, up-down, yes-no
3 simple pairs that scare us so:
Out-in, down-up, no-yes.
We're frightened by the choosing, I guess.

For with choosing always comes loss,
and deciding always has costs.
In paths not taken, in dreams forestalled, 

in futures unsampled and hopes appalled. 

Don't be  a yes man in a No Man's Land,
caught out with an In Crowd you can't stand.
Can't afford to be up when it's all Going Down,
dreaming of a future that can't be found.

Because not choosing is choosing too
and choosing nothing makes you a fool.
Sometimes the brightest lines are hardest to see

and the thickest ones we can't perceive.
In this life tempest toss'd and long,
we are doomed to choose and choose wrong.

Don't be a yes man in a No Man's Land,
 caught out with an In Crowd you can't stand.
Can't bear to be up when it's all Going Down,
dreaming of perfection that's not around.

Because you've probably made the worst choice of your life,
the one that will fill it with pain and strife.
So go ahead and make another mistake,
drink as deeply of it as you can take.
For it's in the choosing, hoping and trying,
that we find our reason for living not dying.

Don't be a yes man in a No Man's Land,
caught out with an In Crowd you can't stand.
Can't bear to be up when it's all Going Down,
dreaming of a life that can't be found.
Dreaming of your life that can't be found.
It wasn't really yours if it can't be found.

In-out, up-down, yes-no

3 simple pairs that scare us so:
Out-in, down-up, no-yes.
We're frightened by the choosing, I guess.