T-Minus
Down the rabbit hole into the wishing well
Down the consciousness into a new blood cell
Down the barrel of a gun to a rebel
Down the bullet holes into a warmer hell
It’s T-minus seven seconds to the death of hope
And another seven inches to the end of the rope
It’s a gap between what I had been
And what I turn into
Through the synapse of an unexpected dream
Through the memories that crawl right under my skin
Through the burning, through the wavering within
To nowhere, to somewhere I had never been
It’s T-minus seven breaths to what I know as you
And a single glance to what I thought was true
I am right between my images
And what you turn into
I ride far and fast
Away from all my past
To a future I can’t meet
‘Cuz it’s a few seconds ahead
Through every curve, it’s got me beat
I drive to what I see
Yet I don’t feel like I’m free
There is hell close at my heels
My past is a second behind
My present is right under my wheels
T-minus 8, T-minus 7, T-minus 6, T-minus 5
T-minus 4, T-minus 3, T-minus 2, T-minus 1
Up the tunnels of my new mutating fright
Up the veins, through indiscretion to delight
Through the dangers that I couldn’t leave behind
From the killing depths to an undiscovered height
It’s T-minus one illusion from me to you
And a single step to where I’m running to
It’s the only way to stay ourselves
In spite of what we’re turning into
I ride far and fast
Away from all my past
To a future I can’t meet
‘Cuz it’s a few seconds ahead
Through every curve, it’s got me beat
I drive to what I see
Yet I don’t feel like I’m free
There is hell close at my heels
My past is a second behind
My present is right under my wheels
Are we dead?
Or we’re just condemned?
Are we at the end
Of the world that we both knew?
Are we dead?
Or we’re just condemned?
Are we at the end
Of the world that we both love?
We ride fast and free
To where we’d never been
To a future that we feel
Each time we inhale the air
To live it now and live it now for real
To live it now and live it now for real
We’re not dead
And we’re not condemned
A new world comes ahead
The T-minus is over
We’re not dead
And we’re not condemned
A new world comes ahead
The T-minus is over
