Short Term Memory Loss - Astronautalis

You’re turning off your course again

That fall would kill a stronger man

With hungry headlights closing in

St. John is looking welcoming

Death is always closer than…

Death is closer than all your friends

Death is closer than we think

He’s closer than your friends and things

We drove that car into a full-on spin

I wonder just how it would feel if we dove on in

I caught a glimpse of my screaming friend

But when the sound cut out, I swore she’s laughing

Shattered lights spiral and blur on in

And then rain sang along to her freckled skin

This city’s just a smudge on watery lens

I couldn’t help but feel helpless, so I kissed her again

Turn it off and walk away

Don’t look down into those waves

You’ll never be the same again

And we all suffer short term memory loss

From time to time

You got him jumping everywhere

Across the gaps and stairs

Embracing every nick and cut

And jammed finger face plant it’s

He doesn’t care for good repair

Soak up the sun and air

And Chipped a tooth to feel the truth

Breaking every bone he can’t mend

The blood’s the thing that drives the dream

That makes him think he can fall off

The blood’s the thing that boils to steam

That makes machines out of our hearts

The tires breathing out

Like tired moms and troubled teens

With secret smoke breaks

Balancing between showmanship and discovery

Mister melodrama is over there covering things

Directing traffic, mumbling, like «Move it along, nothing to see»

It’s such a funny dream

Its such a sight to see

Honking horns and doubled breeze

Matthews Bridge in a watercolor bleed

And I’m just standing there shifting in my skin

Sifting grate below

Fall to the rivers wash, taste my blood

Embrace my breaking bones

Turn it off and walk away

Don’t look down into those waves

You’ll never be the same again

And we all suffer short term memory loss

From time to time

We all suffer short term memory loss

From time to time