Well everybody was talking fast,
And everyone just wanted a laugh.
Nobody wanted to hear us out,
But we still shouted it all the same.
We had our chances to get knocked down,
But we're still here 'cause we're not around.
Not that it changed that they lived or died,
But when the world came to and end

We said, ''Hollow out your fears,
And leave the Earth behind this time.''
They said, ''We're not leaving here.
We've got too many memories,
Too many families.

Leave us; we won't go.
Depraved from our deprivation.
We couldn't find ourselves.
Death by ostentation.''
****
Well everyone here now is gone,
And the world keeps spinning round.
There's nobody left to think the thoughts
That they had. It's so sad.
Forever seemed like such a long time,
And it just got longer still.
At least they lived, and lived they did,
And when their time came they all sang,

''We're trying, don't you know.
The time is creeping up on us.
We're working to let go,
But there are too many memories,
Too many families.
Leave us; we won't go.''
With that the world burst into song. They sang,
''Leave us; we've never been left behind,
But this time it's us on the line.
This time, you know we can't go;
Our strength is much too low.

The pretense of pretension,
Predates this new perception.
So please pardon this parade.
This perfect delusion percolates down.

****
Oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh.

Hopefully there's something more
To this life than we thought before,
Now that no on will remember them now.
With the world burning down and all,
You'd think that everyone would fall
Victim to their own minds.''

And they said, ''This time we won't go,
Even if the sky is falling down.''
They said, ''We're not leaving here.
We've got too many memories, too many families.
Leave us; we won't go.
We've grown much too slow.
This time we won't go.
The world might never know.

This world may be falling down,
But we'll still be hanging around.
Leave us; we won't go.
This perfect delusion percolates down.
This world may be falling down,
But we'll still be hanging around.
Twisted all our thoughts,
Raised from nothingness
Evident this life.
Still we passed it by
Searching for a truth
Inside tiny boxes.''

Forever seemed like such a long time,
And it just got longer still.