Artificial Countrysides

Took a bite began to swallow In your mind, the earth was hollow Playing mental archery, the arrow sticking in the tree Ate 'til you were not hungry Dragged the piles around the country Never stopped to hesitate, 'til all the world is carved away today Artificial countrysides that never rot and don't decay Growing faster all the time, spreading further every day Distant life inside the bubble, filtered out, run through the funnel Never solved the mystery, plagued for all eternity Changed the plan that time devoured Re-wrote the past, turned off the power Drained the fading energy, changed from what you wanted it to be Artificial countrysides displayed inside a murky brain Growing faster all the time, spreading further every day A layer of ice grows on the grass while you're asleep Covers the bird's nests in the branches of the trees The sun comes reaching down to melt it all away Uncovered memories coming back from yesterday Exonerated in the trial Putting out the endless fires Smoke is filling the hallway Flames recede and leave, the charred remains Artificial countrysides that never rot and don't decay Growing faster all the time, spreading further every day