Machine

Rolling down the avenue It’s dark and my headlights are through My life flashes before my eyes But somehow I arrive Maybe I’ll just wait till sunrise Drive home with my sunken eyes wide Try so hard I flip the car And wake up in a gurney Tell my momma that I love her See you dad above the thunder Let this be a lesson children Nothing lasts forever Sometimes I forget that nothing matters Every pitter every patter Let it fill me up with laughter Send me crying up the ladder Getting higher Getting higher in the sky Until I tumble to the ocean Sink so low I touch the bottom It’s creeping up inside of me The panic at a fallen leaf I don’t remember What is tender Is this just what it means To be a part of the machine It’s not so nice to be so mean The sky was blue but now it’s green Sometimes I forget that nothing matters Every pitter every patter Let it fill me up with laughter Send me crying up the ladder Getting higher Getting higher in the sky Until I tumble to the ocean Sink so low I touch the bottom