Do you wear out?
Do you crumble into sand?
does the salty air
dissolve you where you stand?
when you fall
do you shatter on the floor?
do your lights go out?
do you just not power up anymore?
do you burn?
do you turn back into soil?
what destroys you now
there's no one left to toil on your paint job?
do you stand up to it all?
are you made to last
just until the warranty has passed?
how do you break down?
are you finally fizzling out?
do the vines all twist and twine around
your rusted frame devoured?
do you wind up back in the ground?
what does it take to break you down?
what does it take to break you down?
credits
from Ongoing Madness,
released September 1, 2018
Written by Martin Green
Produced by Nick Riley & Martin Green
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