That's Just How It Goes

A drunk and naked god on call

Slurred through the day and nightfall

All my friends and foes and me

Glazed and golden along the worn out sea

At the dance party of hushed throes

Time at one's elbow and time our woes

As for a tomorrow nobody really knows

Because that's just how it always goes

How this orgy goes

I whispered in the most gentle of way

"There's nothing beyond today"

All our books and songs and quotes

In the mighty wave where nothing floats

At the dance party a hushed echo

A doo-wop guru's chant at death's repose

As for a redemption nobody really knows

Because that's just how it always goes

How the ash flows

Like a washout, like a bust

The human story, fucked by us

Our greedy guts, just full of lust

How much can you get from zero times zero

Feels like the end of the show

With this grave nature and weight

We snickered along the straight

All the ghosts and ghouls and me

Stumble toward a cruel and sullen sea