[The Quarter Hour Echo] [Verse 1] The headline says the stock is down again today A robin sings a melody across the way My coffee stays as hot as when the pot was full I’m sinking down into a slow and heavy pull [Pre-Chorus 1] The seconds start to scale the plaster on the wall I hold my breath and wait for everything to fall [Chorus 1] I am a witness to the things that never change My soul is drifting into something cold and strange I’m losing track of who I was supposed to be There is no end to what I have to feel and see [Verse 2] I’ve spent two days inside this room of hollow light I run a hundred miles but cannot reach the night I smashed the window just to shout a warning out But silence is the only thing that’s left to doubt [Pre-Chorus 2] The ozone in the air begins to hum and shake I wonder just how much of this a man can take [Chorus 2] Oh save me from this cage that has no iron bars I’m reaching out to touch the cold and distant stars This cycle is a prison where the walls are made of air A life of repetition and a deep despair [Instrumental Break - Atmospheric Synthesizer Solo] [Bridge] The LEDs are stuck at fourteen fifty-nine A static hum is screaming down the twisted line I beg the ceiling for a way to just move on Before the reset hits and everything is gone [Verse 3] The cycle snaps me back to zero one more time My hundredth reset is a heavy uphill climb I sit as still as stone and let the minutes bleed I search for any exit that my soul might need [Pre-Chorus 3] The universe is folding inward at the seams I’m waiting for the end of all these waking dreams [Final Chorus] I’m screaming for a future that will never come My heart is beating like a slow and heavy drum Break the chain and set the world in motion right now Please show me how to leave this place just show me how [Outro] Zero It is starting over Again Again
