I see the end of us in the bottom of a plastic cup
Up comes a geyser all exploding
this whole pile of trash
It seems so obvious the world'll rid herself of all of us
We're just a trinket like an earring
a thing you wear but cannot see
Half awake and half alive
in the rhythm of daily strife
a wishing well bloated up with bitcoin
spilling out into the sea
I know that living in this era's eating us alive somehow
with all these craven modern crazes
scrambling all our brains around
Too old to stay up to the minute
too young to sit the whole thing out
I know that living in this era's wearing us out
We're all but dead and spent
essential oils without a scent
We're just a burden like a necklace
so heavy it just leaves you breathless
I know...
I know that living in this era's
eating us from ass to snout
We're climbing to the promised land
with a wounded limping paw
and becoming numb to light and love
in this howling maw
We're evolving to a pile of rot
not worth writing home about
We're arriving, we're arriving now,
useless and proud
credits
from Rippling Thought,
track released January 31, 2018
Written and performed by Elijah Jensen-Lindsey
Recorded January 30, 2018
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