Dark Days, Dark Nights

dark star, shine hard, dark road, warm car
white lines, bright signs, strong hands, dark minds
you found love online no pain, no scars
good grief, good times, soft skin, hard parts
all safe, all fine, all good, all mine
oh oh happynumbness on the first take
the heart's an instrument designed to ache
all safe, all good, all fine

in times less depleted
with minds less defeated
we held the future in our hands
but let it go

oh these hateful, stressful, tribalized times
with all our petty, closed, galvanised minds
as messianic murderers inch toward their milestones
our saintly sinner seems doomed from the get-go
a testament to our compound dumbness
we take pride in what we're faking
now everyone can name the monster
but not see their own hand in its making

in times less depleted
with minds less defeated
we held the future in our hands
but let it go