Life Speeds Up

The clouds in the sky are all rushing by

A stare's just a backwards glance

The years and the days are all melting away

Yet you still won't take a chance

But life speeds up, don't you know, don't you know

Life speeds up, then it goes away

The push and the throb, the threat of the mob

The crack's not a secret this time

The mouths and the doors, but I can't shut anymore

Keep running, 'cause you're falling behind

The world spins alone, and the weight of it groans

I'm dizzy just turning the page

The air holds us down and we're stuck on the ground

And we're trying to slip off our age

Come to the window, come to the door

Given under my hand, given under the law

I gave you everything and you still want more

They gave you some mad forgotten war

Now it's time to slow things down

Because I told you life speeds up

Tell me how it happened, did you hurt, did you cry

Did you ever feel yourself falling out of the sky

Did you ever lie awake and wonder why

Did you ever fall asleep and dream that you died

We grind to a halt and we start again

We come to a corner but it's only a bend

And all those broken promises they never meant

Who cares if it's mad when it's only pretend