The Jar

You’ve waited your whole life

In a jar

Complacent, gazing up at the stars

You count and count until

There’s nothing left

Cause if you land on one

The rest are dead

And all the ripples in the universe

Are the wrinkles forming on your skin

From throwing your tomorrows

To the wind

We can’t pretend

It’s alright, it’s alright

Until our aspirations turn to dust

Dreams overhead

Out of time, can’t decide on who to be

‘Cause one life’s not enough

The spark fades, the spool unwinds

A truth as certain as the changing tides

Don’t go wasting your youth

On a stifled plot

Just take hold of the fruit

Before branches rot away eclipse your fate

We can’t pretend

It’s alright, it’s alright

Until our aspirations turn to dust

Dreams overhead

Out of time, can’t decide on who to be

‘Cause one life’s not enough

Approaching the edge, you carry on

With your collection of regrets

Singing a swan song from

The comfort of your bed until

It dawns that there is nothing left ahead

Just the end

We can’t pretend

It’s alright, it’s alright

Until our aspirations turn to dust

Dreams overhead

Out of time, can’t decide

‘Cause one life’s not enough