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)