Battle Of Bedford Falls

A physicist and priest were cutting up in a tomb
when the ghost walked in
and sucked the air out of the room
they said ‘are you friendly? are you foe?
what can you confidently tell us
you even really know?
’he said he got up early and worked all day
came back home and slept his life away
choices dwindled and the daylight dimmed
but he got right up
and lived the nightmare all over again
I haven’t figured it out yet
you assumed a good boy
would just take it on the chin
get right up and do it over again
because you need a good boy
to just take it on the chin
but he said ‘There’s no war that’s left to win’
and on my headstone it should’ve said:
‘had a long life but never had a chance to live’
keep your eyes on your smart phone
while we circle the same drain
good guys with guns
are digging ditches in cap and gown
and American Idols
are engineering the perfect moment
they heard gatekeepers hate cold calls
but I’ve been wrong, I’ve done awful things
and embarrassed myself,
I’ve let my people down But I wanna be good
it’s ok there’s no future for us, I wanna be good
it’s ok that our time is a camera flash in a stadium
where this useless game is played again
and again and again and again