Cartoon Ballroom

There's a drink in my hand
And it drowns out the sound of the band
The room is quiet
The purest gold
Then the clock hits the floor
And it shatters me down to the core
The nights are slipping
Through our hands
So we step to a waltz in perfect time
And each movement we make, we can't rewind
When the music stops, we will close our eyes
And there's nothing left to do but to die

So we taste chemicals
And what matters is that nothing mattered at all
And I'm sorry, but I still believe
That we spin round the sun
Until it all disappears back to where we came from
And the value is just where you create
So I live my life
And I count the days
When I scribble these songs all over the pages
And wait for the day to escape this cage
But I'm not afraid
No, I'm not confined to fear

There is blood in my veins
And I'm human, of course, so I bleed
And mistakes have been made
I just hope you forgive
(Is that too much to ask?)