The Quickening

I'm told this life is long if you know how to live
But all I know is I've been doing it wrong
There's only thing for which there is a guarantee
And time don't go slow, so I'm picking up speed

I've been counting all the days
That I've spent slipping away

Drifting into the unknown
My eyes turn black
Quickening everything
I'm living as life is too long
And there's no going back
A quickening has taken me

I sell all of my days for years of restless sleep
With opium dreams and telephone screens
The poison I've been sweating through my summer sheets
Has taken its toll as it fills the hole

So I'm counting all the days
The balance melting away

Drifting into the unknown
My eyes turn black
Quickening everything
I'm living as life is too long
And there's no going back
A quickening has taken me

Now I can see so clearly
The shutter is slowing down, down, down
But you can not take the teeth
Out of the world

Drifting into the unknown
My eyes turn
Quickening everything
I'm living as life is too long
So why am I scared
A quickening has taken me
Drifting into the unknown
Don't you look back
Like a pillar of salt

Its time I surrendered it all
Come on destiny, have your way with me
Come on destiny, have your way with me
Come on destiny, have your way with me