It’s coming all off the table Out of mind, out of sight And while the body is able I'm going down without a fight Gridlocked on the highway Sun sets in the mirror Trace the sky to its ending Closer than it appears Oh I remember when ‘Fore it all began Bright eyed, ya we all were That was before and now is after And after now, what comes next Can I catch a breath ‘Fore the water pulls us under Another catastrophic blunder in the book (s) Ya the one I am reading (They) wrote the villain as me The one who won’t stop at anything To burn their effigies But our stories all start differently And all end up the same Do we know who’s writing this tragedy Someone please give me their name Oh I remember when Before it all began Bright eyed, ya we all were That was before and now is after And after now, what comes next Can I catch a breath ‘For the water pulls us under Another catastrophic blunder in the book (s) They let the forest burn Found their green in other places We’re nothing more than faces Nothing at all Bet and won, had their fun Cut and run, don’t leave any traces They tore down the oasis We watched the forest burn Took it all without replacement Left only empty spaces Nothing at all Bet and lost, paid the costs Left with naught, stumbled over laces Tied before the races So we’d stumble and fall ‘For the water pulls us under Another catastrophic blunder in the book (s)