TICKING AWAY THE MOMENTS THAT MAKE UP A DULL DAY
FRITTER AND WASTE THE HOURS IN AN OFF-HAND WAY
KICKING AROUND ON A PIECE OF GROUND IN YOUR HOME TOWN
WAITING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU THE WAY
TIRED OF LYING IN THE SUNSHINE STAYING HOME TO WATCH THE RAIN
AND YOU ARE YOUNG AND LIFE IS LONG
AND THERE IS TIME TO KILL TODAY
AND THEN ONE DAY YOU'D FIND
TEN YEARS HAVE GONE BEHIND YOU
NO ONE TOLD YOU WHEN TO RUN
YOU MISSED THE STARTING GUN
WHEN YOU RUN AND YOU RUN TO CATCH UP WITH THE SUN BUT IT'S SINKING
RACING AROUND TO COME UP BEHIND YOU AGAIN
THE SUN IS THE SAME IN A RELATIVE WAY THAT YOU'RE OLDER
SHORTER OF BREATH AND ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH
EVERY YEAR IS GETTING SHORTER
NEVER SEEM TO FIND THE TIME
PLANS THAT EITHER COME TO NAUGHT
OR HALF A PAGE OF SCRIBBLED LINES
HANGING ON IN QUIET DESPERATION IS THE ENGLISH WAY
THE TIME IS GONE THE SONG IS OVER, THOUGHT I'D SOMETHING MORE TO SAY
HOME, HOME AGAIN
I LIKE TO BE HERE WHEN I CAN
WHEN I COME HOME COLD AND TIRED
IT'S GOOD TO WARM MY BONES BESIDE THE FIRE
FAR AWAY, ACROSS THE FIELD THE TOLLING OF THE IRON BELL
CALLS THE FAITHFUL TO THEIR KNEES
TO HEAR THE SOFTLY SPOKEN MAGIC SPELL
If you made it through that, we applaud you.
So this was the Star Trek nerd typing this because the uh, Ao addict was claiming that she knew the lyrics to the song. VERY loudly I might add.
Yeah uh, I'm a nerd and Ash ketchup is a weeb.
We plan on writing a literal seventy two fandom fan fiction so YEAH.
I AM DAX FROM DS9. Yes, I do have my own account, actually two, but we don't talk about the second one.
Oldmanjadzia is the name. :D
I like Star Trek obviously and I tolerate my weeb friend's anime obsession, though I have no room to talk, I'm obsessed with a sci-if show from the sixties that branched into multiples shows and movies and books and god knows what else. (I SWEAR IF THERE IS A MUSICAL PLEASE TELL ME)
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