Cataract Time

You're sick of winnin' games
Been out on the road too long
Carve yourself out of illusion
You take the long way round a settin' sun

You don't know what you're doin'
On the wrong side of town
Wastrels look at you sideways as if to say, "What happened?"
The rich man looks at you sideways
To say, "What happened to you, boy?
You on Cataract Time?"

You're tired of pretendin'
You're tired of playin' pretend
This time, it's real
It's real, you're on Cataract Time

Every day we give up time
We pour the drink into a vast glass
We act fast, we think we know
Enough to go on, on Cataract Time

I wear see-through too much
And take strolls downtown
Thinkin' it's a garden of shame
You take the night train and live
To see another day, another day
Another day, another day

Another day