want

Sleeping At Last

Is it by design to be unsatisfied?
It keeps the engine on and the fire bright
For centuries, over centuries we burn for more
Is hunger some kind of curse or a driving force?
I can t put my finger on what we re driving towards

Mile markers set in place
Look back at all the progress we ve made (mm-mm)
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable at the end of the day
We re speaking up, but death has the final say

Future medicine could have saved her life
Or traded in her pain for a gentler kind
Breakthrough after breakthrough, I m still surprised
The systems we built to help were so paralyzed
So many capable hands were tied

Mile markers set in place
Look back at all the progress we ve made (mm-mm)
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable at the end of the day
We re speaking up, but death has the final say

How much of my life will be illuminated by
The glow of a little screen, I m hypnotized
Headline after headline after headline
Ceaseless brokenness, were we made for this?
To make room, somehow, for the infinite
To drink the ocean in a single sip?

Mile markers set in place
Look back at all the progress we ve made (mm-mm)
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable at the end of the day
We re speaking up, but death has the final say
What if the fountain of youth is one step away?