It's like we've driven past a phantom tollbooth The brother watchdogs are counting time Rhyme and Reason held captive in a castle But we're doing fine Never look down the road today Past the ending line Down the road, as we go, still we know We're never stopping, but we're doing fine It's like a playground of the mind, And we'll right whatever we find We'll set it down But still, we'll never peter out 'Til the time runs the meter out And the toll is just too much for us to pay But still, we know it's better, though in this world like we'll never know Are we giving it all up to fade away? It's like a meeting with Short Shrift The meaning shift as time breaks apart With each day as it melts away From an empty heart Your thoughts tripped, the pages slipped We never got too far You watch as your last night Recedes from the light of a rising star Conducting sunlight back to the day We make the morning symphony play Like never before, but never again It's slipping away But down here in the doldrums We sleep like we're all right Let's put out heads together To escape the coming night Down here in the doldrums Neglected as we fight So busy jumping to conclusions Our hearts never see the light Don't fade away