Qualia Lyrics

Grieving for what's not yet gone

Crippled by the fear of loss

Clouds form, the wind of change

Or just another draught?

Living as if all of time will wait for me

As if I am all that will exist

No dread

No fear

No agency

Will we remember the lesson

Paradoxical lucidity

Will we realise only too late

That this is all we have

As you walk out the door

Into a blinding grey

You'll take a part of me

Just as I will carry you

Both of us, never to be known again

Innocence's tight embrace relaxes

As I wave goodbye to youth

In slow motion

Against my will

I'm forced to wave goodbye to you

It's all gone and it's not coming back

I can't afford to kill time when time is killing me

Slow it all down and take a look around

The door opens

Take a second glance

You'll never get a second chance

Do you see me as you once did?

I'm wading through this hurt

The world is flying by and fading faster still

A conduit fading but with so much still to give and take

It's later than you think

It's later than you think

Fallen out of touch with life

I let it get away from me

Before I count to one

Don't take it all away from me

To live in the moment

Still seems a dream

All I can change is me

All I can do is love

Tapping on the glass

Knocking on the front door

Trying to find a present moment

Are you going to go home

Or will you sit yourself down

Hoping on the off chance

A light will come on

When the sun shines behind the clouds

I see it clearer than I ever could before

I feel its warmth gently touch my face

And while I'm sitting here with you

I know it's not the end of the world