Checking Out

Lyrics by：Joe Casey

Composed by：Alex Leonard/Greg Ahee/Joe Casey/Scott Davidson

Produced by：Dave Fridmann

Meet me in the lobby

Climb off the catafalque

Rasping locusts in the evening

Residents chewing funeral shrouds

I've seen the marching orders of The Oaf Brigade

They're winding circles in the parking lot

When they're not brutalizing

Their empty heads fill with doubt

And me - I'm checking out

Going no contact with reality

Deadbeat dads on extended stay

Defeat injustice on behalf of heaven

Like your kids, don't let them get away

And me, I'm checking out

Watch out, might get your arm broke reaching for what is yours

In this version of Hell

See the venal are thriving

In this version of Hell

They own all the empty rooms

In this version of Hell

The alarm keeps repeating year after year after

The only peace, the seconds between

The heartbeats of the guns

The only action allowed

Is whether you buy something or do not

What can a coward do?

I'm checking out

Keep your eyes averted

I'm checking out

Pull the covers over

I'm checking out

And when time flows backwards I'll be welcomed back again

The misery dogs are barking

But don't you be afraid

We are all out in the fog, reaching

Stumbling between immensities

When you were born

You carried a light with you

And when you found me

You found a wretch

Who needed desperately to see ahead

They say this is a wheel

And we are all nailed to it

But when you were born I knew hope

Now I can see a path

And where it goes

We'll walk this road together

Hand in hand while we can

But you will have to hurry on

Soon you'll hurry on alone