Used Future - The Sword

Woke up in the future

But nothing shiny and new

The world of tomorrow

Looks battered and abused

Robots riddled with rust

Circuits gathering dust

Waiting, in twilight

For you

This is the new future

Thought it was yours to explore

This is a used future

Feels like we’ve been here before

Lights on the horizon

May not be what they seem

Can’t remember a time before now

That doesn’t feel like a dream

The promises of prophets

Are not enough to stop it

The odds are getting narrow

That the target hits the arrow

And no clever resort will suffice to deflect it

So hold tight

Baby all night

And in the morning you can look around and see

This is the new future

Thought it was yours to explore

This is a used future

Feels like we’ve been here before

We’re in a used future

Everything around us must fall

It’s just a new suture

On an old wound that cuts through us all