How long before the fire's out?
How long before the fall?
How long until we find there's nothing left at all?
How long before we're out of breath from
Screaming into the abyss?
How long 'til we're no longer sure what it meant?
There's an airplane, sputtering
And falling out of the air
There's nothing there
There's no repair
How long before we bite the bullet
How long until the starting gun
How long before we've lost the energy to run?
How before the kids are grown
And the dogs are wooden boxes on a shelf?
How long before the family house goes up for sale?
Hey Mister Dinosaur, there's a meteor
But you're tragically unaware
So unprepared
It's so unfair
As the machinery of humanity
Is programmed for disrepair
And such despair
There's no repair