oh feel this evening / oh see how the night turns, and / i am swept away

only one gear slips / and sends the machine into / cascading chaos

this world only steals / and takes but a bit of force / dragging you under

some days contain wars / others birth armistices / some are massacres

a flower bursts forth / magnificent eruption / and a slow decay

all the bells chime, yes / they sing, resonate, for you / their chorus rings loud

ricochet, rebound / devolve and deconstruct it / system of control

oh, today is lost / tomorrow i will begin / there is always then

number what you have / count and bow at the altar / you do not deserve

one two three four five / one two three four five sixty / most paint by numbers

a boy sings and dreams / of neon lights, fame, fortune / but dies second rate

100 years lived / one in eight million stories / what does it all mean?

one dies in mid-life / tomorrow a child is born / time waits for no man

a room's golden hues / and bathed in vanilla light / a new day arrives

slave your life away / marry, have kids, rinse, repeat / what does it all mean?

it was beautiful / your silhouette bathed in light / your smile, confident

brutalized, naive / but isn't that how life goes / when you're young and mute?