Half the time I feel like an
Automaton moving from one
Sensation down the line
Nothing is too loud, too fast,
Floating by it never lasts
I lost time
If I make myself fall apart
Sift through the wreck and restart my heart
Give everything I have as it drags me down,
Kicking and screaming all the while,
Thinking of leaving for something else this time
But I could not get it out of my mind
I could not escape my mind
There’s always some new advent
The next significant event that will save me
I reach my grand epiphany
When the world reveals itself to me
And slowly, my memory
Starts breaking down
From my bed I look all around
As new faces confer grace and I sink down
Kicking and screaming all the while
Thinking of clawing my way back in this time
From the haze that makes me lose my mind
But I could not escape my mind
From thoughts of the end I always dream of
The only end I’ve ever wanted all this time
When our bodies start to die
Do we ever feel more alive?
Push me mute me punch me hate me shove me shoot me
Anything to let me feel your scorn
Hold me lift me touch me love me fuck me hug me
Anything to let me feel reborn
Years and years go by
All I’ve got is my aging mind
But I snap back to life when I start sinking down
Kicking and screaming all the while
Thinking of leaving for something else this time
From the haze that makes me lose my mind
But I could not escape my mind
From thoughts of the end I always dream of
The only end I’ve ever wanted all this time
When our bodies start to die
Do we ever feel more alive?
credits
from Private Prophet,
track released February 21, 2019
Additional vocals by Olivia Klein and Kit Conely
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