Flatline

A set of lyrics I wrote on a particularly contemplative day.

Verse 1:

Four o’clock, I wake up

And wait til the alarm goes off,

My thoughts race so quickly that I’m not thinking at all,

I get up, I’m supposed to, as the lukewarm water falls,

My once dry clothes are soaked to the bone, but I can’t feel them at all,

Chorus:

I’m driving just to waste gas,

Going anywhere but here,

Listening to Johnny Cash,

With no one around to hear,

I sit still and pass by a world that’s leaving me behind,

They laugh, they cry,

They jump, they care, they fly,

But I flatline

Verse 2:

I walk through my home without knowing where I am,

With this grey cloud in my head it’s any wonder I still care,

My family is speaking to me and I barely hear the sound,

Been underwater for weeks and I still have yet to drown,

Walk around half dead, I just listen to the silence in my head,

Don’t even bother looking at the sky,

And even if I did it’s under grey clouds, so why even try?

(Chorus)

Bridge:

The ticking of the clock is the tempo of my life,

The fire in my heart is embers and they have long since died,

In the novel of my day-to-day I can’t even read the lines,

But when I lay back down in bed, I find that’s fine.

That’s fine.

Just fine.

(Chorus)

Author's Note

My goal was to convey the feeling of apathy, which I know is a difficult emotion to write a song about. Please tell me if I was successful in my attempt. Also, keep in mind that I've never written a song before this.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Actually as song lyrics these lines came across really well. The emotion I was picking up on was boredom, but that is very similar, if not the same as apathy. Nicely done:))

Chris

[Connor Veenstra]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Chris Shaw]

You are welcome