Redshift Star

The Redshift Starman

TIME ALWAYS BLEEDS FORWARD
AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TOLD
TILL IT TWISTS OUT OF ORDER
AND THE NEW BECOME THE OLD

TIME, IT KEEPS ON TICKING
LIKE TINY TEMPORAL HERDS
TENSES KEEP ON SWITCHING
MEN WALKING ALWAYS BACKWARDS

(Do you remember, the time I spent;
Trying to impress you,
Till time twisted us away from each other,
To a reality conjured anew?)

WE’LL SPIN OUT OF REALITY
TO A PLACE WHERE LAWS ARE NAUGHT
BE AT PEACE, IT WON’T BE SCARY
TO BE IN THE PERFECT TIME-BOX

GALAXIES TICK-TOCK IN SYNC
ALWAYS DRIFTING TOGETHER
THEY SPIN FASTER THAN WE CAN THINK,
THE STARS ARE JUST SO CLEVER

TILL WE ALL GLUE TOGETHER
LIKE RODS OF STEEL STRENGTH,
EXISTING EVER AND NEVER,
BACK INTO A PLANCK LENGTH

WE JERK AND JIVE LIKE FIGURES
ENCASED IN COSMIC ICE
TILL WE TRIP DOWN A FISSURE
OUR FATE ROLLING WITH---THE CAST OF DICE!