The Velocity of Greys

[Verse 1] The alarm cuts the throat of a dream I don’t remember Coffee in the vein, a pulse just to render The commute is a film strip with the frames cut out I open my mouth but I’m too tired to shout Work is a loop, a syntax of decay Trading my heartbeat for a wage, day by day The screen is a mirror where I watch myself fade Into the background of the fortune I made [Pre-Chorus] No new data written to the hard drive of the soul Just the read/write error of losing control The brain stops recording when the pattern is the same I forgot the face, I forgot the name [Chorus] Monday is a blink, Friday is a blur December arrives before I felt the summer stir The years are collapsing like a lung out of air I look for a hand, but there’s nobody there Speeding up, the texture is smoothing out Speeding up, the silence is the loudest shout [Verse 2] Try to make a friend, but the concrete has set We are statues in the park, heavy with regret "Let’s grab a beer" becomes a lie we both tell Trapped in the orbit of our private little hell Trust is a currency I can no longer spend I’m too old to break, I’m too old to bend We drift like continents, pulling apart With a calendar of deadlines replacing the heart [Bridge] They say time is money, but time is a thief That steals the novelty and leaves only grief When you are young, a day is a mountain to climb Now it’s a pebble, lost in the grime Sleep. Work. Rest. Repeat. Sleep. Work. Rest. DELETE. [Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Monday is a blink, Friday is a blur December arrives before I felt the summer stir The years are collapsing like a lung out of air I look for a hand, but there’s nobody there Speeding up, the texture is smoothing out Speeding up, the silence is the loudest shout [Outro] The calendar is bleeding The phone is a stone The faster it goes The more I’m alone Work. Sleep. Rest. Work. Sleep. Rest. (Fade to silence)