It's like we've driven past a phantom tollbooth
The brother watchdogs are counting time
Rhyme and Reason held captive in a castle

But we're doing fine

Never look down the road today

Past the ending line
Down the road, as we go, still we know
We're never stopping, but we're doing fine


It's like a playground of the mind,
And we'll right whatever we find

We'll set it down

But still, we'll never peter out

'Til the time runs the meter out
And the toll is just too much for us to pay
But still, we know it's better, though

in this world like we'll never know
Are we giving it all up to fade away?


It's like a meeting with Short Shrift
The meaning shift as time breaks apart
With each day as it melts away

From an empty heart
Your thoughts tripped, the pages slipped
We never got too far

You watch as your last night
Recedes from the light of a rising star


Conducting sunlight back to the day
We make the morning symphony play
Like never before, but never again

It's slipping away

But down here in the doldrums

We sleep like we're all right
Let's put out heads together
To escape the coming night

Down here in the doldrums
Neglected as we fight
So busy jumping to conclusions

Our hearts never see the light

Don't fade away