Longbaby

a forgery
that’s all it is
then all at once
it came to me
it’s just a lie
now I don’t believe
a single word you say to me
but I found my freedom
just fast asleep
I can sing it back to life
you’ve been eaten
by self-deceit
no need to wonder why
now it’s underneath your words
something you don’t wanna see
there’s a virus in your head
better not give that shit to me
from underneath
some ancient place
still leaves a mark
still leaves a trace
you want to leave yourself behind
cos it’s caving in
you better sneak out
through your mind
but it’s everywhere you go
you’d better stare into a screen
why’d you fear the likes of death
when it’s in life you cease to live
well you can hide from the past
oh yeah but
the future’s coming after you now
run away from the world
it never has to breathe
never falls asleep
never seems to emerge
and every other afternoon feels fine
but the one I’m in is plasticine
it’s a dark machine
slowing down to a standstill
won’t be long baby
till they got you figured out
and all your juicy fables
are drying up
now will you survive the drought
tell me, do you like your friends?
doesn’t seem like it to me
now behind the backs you beg
never did that much for me
look at you
looking around
like the world’s just waiting for a chance
to make you collide
with all that you might be
if you could just forget
that the future’s coming after you now
run away from it all
it never has to breathe
never falls asleep
never seems to emerge
and every other afternoon
feels fine but the one I’m in
is plasticine it’s a dark machine
and you don’t remember
but I cannot forget
a completely different side of you
is deep down where it always is
the future’s coming after you
and you don’t even seem to notice