quantify your horror
maximize your loss
distribute your sorrow
turn the tv off

spell the name of satan
mouth the fear you feel
drive away from family
drink behind the wheel

skip the time together
pretend you do not know
look the other way
focus on the picture show

bleat when asked a question
lie when you don’t know
follow any leader
just a tax don’t you know?

It is so very dark outside
The sun has fled and tried to hide
The scape seems so very strange
Our opened eyes find the world deranged

The night comes stretched and pale
Stars constant when they shine
While Luna waits inside her vale
And bides her time to speak her mind

Listen quietly to the whisper and hear
From her lips and through the trees
Her dying breath is very near
Dancing with hope and dying leaves

The snow came and covered the tale
Luna wept into the earth that day
The tracks are gone with all detail
We had much hope but couldn’t stay

Stellar bound singing wonderful
Cosmic echo of hope and fear
Red planet lies behind it all
Another chance we hold so dear

When it is fall we fall
When it is dead we die
When we grope for Luna
We make her cry

Red tears to track our fate
Imprinted and traced from now until yesterday
We walk each time during the day
And it ends again in the same way

Santayana fell and traveled well
First astronaut from Egyptian lore
He’s seen it all as he has before
He fled the future and came ashore

And the waves all look the same
And the waves all look the same