Have you ever felt like the world was happening around you
only you were seeing it in frames?
I don't mean the shutter-vision you get
whose characteristics vary depending on the
drugs you've chosen for the evening.
(You know what I'm talking about,
sometimes it moves so fast you can hear the
click click click in your head. Helloooo ketamine.)
When all you can seem to remember from your day
are snapshots of recent events that
somehow become your life.
All streamed together movie-style,
these are how we keep our memories.
But do you ever miss congruency in time?
The flow of the minutes as the hours pass,
and only matter in relation to happiness.
Let's be honest, you only keep track when you're
waiting for happiness to start, or you
know exactly what time of day it will end.
We're at our best when we're indifferent.
If you choose a defense mechanism always go with
one that leaves room for witty banter.
Because on that Wednesday afternoon when
all you have is time and the weather doesn't allow for
heavy discussion or political opinions,
you can sit and laugh with your friends
about the unimportance of interesting things.
And life will feel full again.
I guess there will always be time for decisions
and seriousness about things.
Only I'm glad that time isn't now,
and that there are flowers blooming in February.
While we don't need clocks to keep track
of how we feel about the day,
there are snapshots happening all around
to make up the next movie of memories.
only you were seeing it in frames?
I don't mean the shutter-vision you get
whose characteristics vary depending on the
drugs you've chosen for the evening.
(You know what I'm talking about,
sometimes it moves so fast you can hear the
click click click in your head. Helloooo ketamine.)
When all you can seem to remember from your day
are snapshots of recent events that
somehow become your life.
All streamed together movie-style,
these are how we keep our memories.
But do you ever miss congruency in time?
The flow of the minutes as the hours pass,
and only matter in relation to happiness.
Let's be honest, you only keep track when you're
waiting for happiness to start, or you
know exactly what time of day it will end.
We're at our best when we're indifferent.
If you choose a defense mechanism always go with
one that leaves room for witty banter.
Because on that Wednesday afternoon when
all you have is time and the weather doesn't allow for
heavy discussion or political opinions,
you can sit and laugh with your friends
about the unimportance of interesting things.
And life will feel full again.
I guess there will always be time for decisions
and seriousness about things.
Only I'm glad that time isn't now,
and that there are flowers blooming in February.
While we don't need clocks to keep track
of how we feel about the day,
there are snapshots happening all around
to make up the next movie of memories.
