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Track 7
lyrics
Days fleeting, hearts beating but we're livin' to die
Any time, we could all be gone in the blink of an eye
Gunned down, poisoned, hit by a vehicle
Maybe diagnosed with a disease that's untreatable
Paranoid demeanor, live cautious
This life's fragile as a Ming vase is
And when it falls and smashes
Wonder what they'd say within earshot of my casket
Loved ones talkin' of things I accomplished
While I'm layin' lifeless, embalmed with arms crossin'
Will they speak of great feats to aspire to
Or just be like
(He was kind o' cool, it was nice we knew)?
A legacy is not easily made and
It can get snuffed out if ya get too complacent
Heavy thoughts to carry
But a reminder of what I still gotta do before that box is buried
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can before they take it back
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can, now take it back
In yesteryear friends nearly met their demise
But resisted the reaper who kept 'em alive
I guess it wasn't their time, but then I think about mine
The reality of mortality makin' me sigh
Every breath's a gift I can't devalue
The last thing will be the next thing I outdo
No need to speculate and estimate my fate
Can't waste time with an expiration date
But some break, wishin' for a quick release
Got demons beatin' down their doors with no peace
Even names with fame camouflage their pain
'Til they hang like Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain
But sometimes art we make is the difference between
A life lost too soon or rekindling dreams
Somethin' so powerful it can intervene
To stop someone from puttin' their head in the guillotine
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can before they take it back
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can, now take it back
Two deaths every second, twice as many births
Might never cause the second, terrified to see the first
And the gloom and shade doesn't illuminate
No return, reachin' the rubicon as I ruminate
What a wild world, our future lookin' dystopian
Truth's hard to swallow, we're gaggin' as we choke on it
Kids can't cope with this, consumin' copious
Amounts of opiates to wall themselves off like Soviets
And I'm seein' my nieces
In a planet that's literally sinkin' and swimmin' through shrinkin' beaches
And there's no bleachin' the blemishes, the bleakness
Is a leadin' reason so many seem to be goin' seedless
A myriad of mirrors, mortified by the reflection
Neurological pathways gettin' congested
Tunin' out the static for reception
To do everything I can before my exit
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can before they take it back
Takin' off from the starting line
We ain't got a lot here, just borrowed time
Gotta make it count, gotta make it last
Gotta do everything you can, now take it back
credits
from Joy, Void, Destroy EP,
released June 28, 2019
Written and performed by Christopher Michael Jensen