Wind-up Toys

I was never meant to make it out alive
It's honestly miraculous that I'm still
Pulling air into these tired lungs
As I move along, marching to the beat of each and
Every song that I have ever heard
As they play on repeat inside my head, so I'll just go
And go and go and go, though my wind-up key is broke

I was never meant to make it out alive
Built to be discarded and just tossed aside
So I'll make it up as I move along
Like a wind-up toy I march on
Waiting for the day when my gears stop
But for now forward motion is still my job

I'm a standard model not designed to last
I am nothing special, I'm just here to do what little I can
Then I'll break, I'm born to be replaced
Hopes and dreams are better left to
Those with what it takes to see them through
I know it isn't me, it could be you, that's how it goes
It goes and goes and goes, though my wind-up key is broke

I was never meant to make it out alive
Built to be discarded and just tossed aside
So I'll make it up as I move along
Like a wind-up toy I march on
Waiting for the day when my gears stop
But for now forward motion is still my job
I keep running on chemicals,
It's too late for me to stop
Like sharks in the ocean its rhythm and motion
That keeps me from sinking
I can't help but thinking that this is the end,
I cannot defend myself any longer
I stutter and falter as I descend

I was never meant to make it out alive
Built to be discarded and just tossed aside
So I'll make it up as I move along
Like a wind-up toy I march on
Waiting for the day when my gears stop
But for now forward motion is still my job