Check the phone
10 minutes closer to that dreaded tone
Worse yet, there’s only four more hours to go
Til morning meetings and bad espresso
There’s never time
Stretched too thin to even ride my bike
Much less start that book I’ve planned to write
Maybe in another life
Dreams of smoke that burn my eyes
I can’t sleep well through the night
Blanket on a bed of lies
Stay awake ‘til morning light
Morning light
Lurch to the shower for a splash of life
takes forever ‘til the water’s right
Turn on a podcast from The New York Times
It says we’re gonna die!
All the studies say the end’s in sight
If we don’t change our ways overnight
We’ll all be gone by 2045
The days burn off so quickly
Moving faster without shifting gears
No time to worry about the course we steer
Cause it’s easier to stay busy
Hoping our problems will just disappear
That something greater will come interfere
Your thoughts and prayers sure are nice
But they don’t do much in hindsight
Too caught up in daily life
We keep saying "this is fine”
Dreams of cities burnt alive
We can’t sleep well through the night
Blanket on a bed of lies
Stay awake til--
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