Artifical Countrysides

[Verse]
Took the bite began to swallow
In your mind the earth was hollow

[Hook]
Playing mental archery
The arrow sticking in the tree

[Verse]
Ate until you were not hungry
Drag the piles around the country

[Hook]
Never stop to hesitate
'Till all the world is carved away today

[Chorus]
Artificial countrysides
That never rot and don't decay
Growing faster all the time
Spreading further every day

[Verse]
Distant life inside the bubble
Filtered out run thru the funnel

[Hook]
Never solve the mystery
Plagued for all eternity

[Verse]
Change the plan that time devoured
Rewrote the past — turned off the power

[Hook]
Drained of fading energy
Change from what you wanted it to be

[Chorus]
Artificial countrysides
Displayed inside a murky brain
Growing faster all the time
Spreading further every day

[Bridge]
A layer of ice grows on the grass while you're asleep
Covers the birds' nests in the branches of the trees
The sun comes reaching down to melt it all away
Uncovered memories coming back from yesterday

[Verse]
Exonerated in the trial
Putting out the endless fires

[Hook]
Smoke is filling the hallway
Flames recede and leave the charred remains

[Chorus]
Artificial countrysides
That never rot and don't decay
Growing faster all the time
Spreading further every day