only so long

Drum beats and the summer clouds fall
From the dust a surprise
Yet is this welcome stranger a miracle
Or the devil in disguise

For only so long
Buildings getting taller
This world is growing smaller
Keep on running like the wind so strong
Do they really want to be like us
For someday we’ll all return to dust

He reaches in his pocket
Removes the watch to show his son
For only so long
The world plans on keeping up
Each step forward
At the end of our days
For everyone to get but a taste
Thinking there’s an always
As you try to make this work
You’re only going to make this worse

And the higher the crown sits
Further falls the king
For only so long
We want to be so big
Shrinking by the second

Thought we were taught to stay within the lines
For years and wars long gone to remember names
Time and time again
At the center of it all we’re all the same

(c) 2009 by Matt Bonham