BACKWARDS THE LONG WAY

For every day
A knot to be untangled
Or maybe some needle to thread
Hard to believe
Quite what we ended up with
A world where consequence is dead
That’s a wreck waiting for a train
That’s a neck asking for a pain

Got your hand over the flame
While looking for a match to blame
Call it going backwards the long way

For every doubt
That’s sure enough distracting
There’s still a fragile peace of mind
Without a thought
​About the damage coming
To anyone who’s left behind
Like a wreck waiting for a train
Like a neck asking for a pain

Hardly noticed what you’d sold
Until the center failed to hold
Call it going backwards the long way

Knock it over, pull it down
Send it scattered
To the ugly side of town
Nothing to it, after all
When the point is
Just to watch the pieces fall

Never took more than a shove
To kill the thing you claim to love
Call it going backwards
Just like going backwards
Call it going backwards the long way