multiplicity

Grasshopper

sunrise, sunset
off like a bullet from a turret
building, breaking down
down like led into the sea
clock in, clock out
the lock slips through the chain
breathe in, breate out
no time to panic now

This freedom is costing me everything
my life is all I had
left of me to lose
and I found you

Make it, spend it
make the rule just to bend it
present tense, past tense
now is too terrible to think about
silently, aloud
war and volume duke it out

This freedom is costing us everything
our life is all we had
left of us to lose
and we made her