Lyrics

[Protagonist] New brand of thinking I assumed today Dull dread and fatalism All of it washed away The hours ticking put an awful strange spring in my step From the shoreline, to the outlying I'm looking everywhere Everyone's wasting time Feral momentum Exhilaration sets as I Stopped presuming that it's all bad Stopped concluding I'm miserable Stopped my circling round the don't haves As the don't haves all turn to won't Gone below, the feelings go You too can get past by Pan to ground and Pan to sky Your modern life's a lie Your TV's broke Smoked your last smoke The kegs have all run dry Doomsday impending, true, but I still can't say D-I-E Drove a semi first time today Couldn't find the owner, it was parked along the interstate Key in ignition and a samurai sword on the seat With a note etched in [Deceased Semi Truck Driver] "To anyone who needs it Keep it steady, kid, I just got the trans fixed I'll throw myself from cliffs. immediate west My skin'll rot in the ocean Won't get ripped like the rest It's a shame it had to end bad Thought I'd bust through the gates to see mom and dad But it never moves along like that I'm not the state house out the window, i'm the sill, I'm the goddamn rat" [Protagonist] You know, you never know How the news'll pass you by On that same note, you never know When you're gonna wake up enlightened Subdued the hum The horror's numbed Some call it the runner's high Doomsday impending true So today there's no way I can… New brand of thinking I assumed today Round up your blessings and realize you've been OK A minute here beats a minute not existing any day I took it north until the tank ran dry Dove out the driver's seat to test if I could fly That fucker coasted and I never saw it stop Scraped and bruising, I arose, picked my shoes from the blacktop