FUNDAMENTAL FORCE

(Andersen)

Running faster, from disaster

Numbing out your pain

Mining for elusive comfort

Driving you insane 

Pushing harder, stretching farther 

All you’ve ever known

A fool’s errand, might you just let go?

Full immersion in diversion 

Filling in the void

Blind in action, no more passion 

Desperate, meek, you toil

Clinging, striving, fortifying  

Losing as you gain

A fool’s errand, all you do in vein

This is a finite journey, no one is immune

There’ll be a last time for each precious thing you do

Impermanence will triumph, nature runs its course

But it’s no tragedy, a fundamental force

Growing harder, as you flounder 

Suffocating smoke

Forcing, fighting, just surviving 

Burnt out gone for broke

While you wonder, what’s it all for?

But it’s all you’ve known

A fool’s errand, might you just let go?

This is a finite journey, no one is immune

There’ll be a last time for each precious thing you do

Impermanence will triumph, nature runs its course

But it’s no tragedy, a fundamental force

Something’s missing, are you listening?

Rich but still you’re poor 

Feening for your next distraction 

Always wanting more 

But hedonic adaptation

Keeps you just a slave

A fool’s errand, all your life in vein

This is a finite journey, no one is immune

There’ll be a last time for each precious thing you do

Impermanence will triumph, nature runs its course

But it’s no tragedy, a fundamental force

The universe in action, sure without remorse 

But it’s no tragedy, a fundamental force