It's only a couple of minutes away No matter which way it lands I know it gets harder and harder to follow the format And fight with the reasons The wear and tear, the scythe or the rope But word to the wise Don't suffer more than you need to It won't ever be enough They all fall Exactly as they should It's a wonderful life It's a wonderful life Repeating again and again And wherever it goes, your body won't believe But that can't stop it from reaching out From beneath A bedrock is forming One greater than the bones they've been forced to bear And you will bear witness to their waste A word of warning In my time, I've learned a couple of secrets Tricks of the trade That falling through time is all Ebbs and flows Ebbs and flows There is no without And it's no great loss It's only just It's only just A prison If you let it be A mirage If you make it so You have more control of what pieces you leave behind Than you do of where they go So if you must make believe Then let it be known You can be more than a mirage If you make it so Go as you must And nothing will matter any less And wherever it goes, your body won't believe But that can't stop it from reaching out From beneath A bedrock is forming One greater than the bones they've been forced to bear And you will bear witness to their grace Word to the wise When you exit the frame They hold their breath What little they know That's what carries you through Finds a place for the soul The sighs and the weeping Such primitive magic That's what has you bound to the gradient From here to the fray The gone and the grey The red and opaque A word of warning A whisper is a whirlwind Your silence, a chasm A fissure on the heart It's a wonderful life So give it a sigh In my time, I've learned a couple of secrets That being scattered around is all Ebbs and flows There is no 'without' And it's no great loss It's only just It's only