Carrying stones on our backs
No glimpse of their goal
Till the sunlight hits a wall
Never question the toil
Or hunger to fill
The void inexhaustible
We make what nature can’t
Stalling against time
The impermanence of life
Build, fall, build, fall
And our cities rise again
Been living, goddamn wanted more
Than glass and steel remains on our shores
Eons hoisting eyes to the sky
Relentless, naïve and finite
We set ourselves above the beasts
Like we know what all this means
Mortally obsessed
Like billions who’ve gone to rest
Like emblems of a fallen age
We build on in stubborn faith
But history cannot justify
Aspiring as we die and die and die
Every step begins an ending
Every dimming light will fade to black
We build on in shallow breath
But how do we go on when all our gods are gone?
What’ve we learned? How do we go on?
We build, we fall
And I’m reeling, goddamned to die alone
They’ll build again upon my bones
A life spent searching eyes to the sky
Dying for another night collapsing inside
