Wait it out

Well, are we?

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where do we go from here?
how do we carry on?
I can't get beyond the questions

clambering for the scraps
in the shatter of us, collapsed
it cuts me with every "could have been"

pain on pain on play, repeating
with the backup makeshift life in waiting

everybody says
that time heals everything
but what of the wretched hallow?
the endles in-between?
are we just going to wait it out?

there's nothing to see here now
turning the sign around
we're closed to the earth til further notice
clambering for the scraps
clambering in the light
we're closed to the earth 'til further

all in one, only one street level miracle
I'll be an out-in-out, born again from none more cynical

everybody says
that time heals everything
but what of the wretched hallow?
the endles in-between?
are we just going to wait it out...

...and sit here cold?
look, you'll be long gone by then
and lackluster
in dust we lay, 'round old magazines
fluorescent lighting sets the scene
for all we could and should be being
in the one life that we've got

everybody says
that time heals everything
but what of the wretched hallow?
the endles in-between?
are we just going to wait it out?
just going to sweat it out?