August, 2021 | Dog Eaters

Dog Eaters

The ways of this world
I’ll never know
Where do we come from
Where do we go

They bought and trashed your soul
tossed you a hot dog roll
And a nickel that they stole
For your life that they control

We walked down paths of greed
Grabbed all that we could see
Skills learned to succeed
Fruit from the poisoned tree

My mind keeps playing loops
Of memories I forgot
Rewind to half past oops
Mistakes are afterthoughts

Rock my dreams to sleep
Illusions, I need to keep
How long can we pretend
That this life will never end

We saw the sun set red
As we lay down on our beds
The world tossed and turned
While we just slowly burned

Some laugh and some will cry
There’s no sense in wondr’ing why
At the end of this game show
It’s what we feel not what we know

The ways of this world
I’ll never know
Where do we come from
Where did we go