Tightrope

Trying not to fall trying not to fall Trying not to fall asleep Trying not to fall trying not to fall Trying to fall asleep Do you remember how nothing really mattered When you thought it mattered most? Well I see clearly now; nothing ever matters And that's what matters most I'd like to believe In part of something bigger Why can't I believe? Follow me back down to where we lose ourselves In turn we'll turn to dust again Help me find a way out of the looping patterns Traced into the sands of time Shattered fragments mirroring the image Of the fractured world outside And if you come along then maybe You can see me for who I'd like to be instead It's not like everything's bad news Do you remember how nothing really mattered When you thought it mattered most? I'd like to believe In part of something bigger Why can't I believe? Will I ever leave, Are you even listening? I'm trying to believe I'd like to believe In part of something bigger Why can't I believe? Will I ever leave, Are you even listening? I'm trying to believe I guess collectivity allows us to Talk about things created with others as Yeah a thing that is like Bigger than any one particular person (Right) We need other people in order to create This tension of subjectivity and objectivity And that tension, that ambiguity, Is what allows us to be vague about things In a way that lets us Create ourselves (Um)