The time that we lose today
is the mine with the fuse delay
that blows up in your face.

We are and if we're not we should be
free?

nothing is for free, not for you and
it's not for me to say that is wrong
but
I'll say it anyway,

even as we stop and take a breath
we know that death is in the second hand
and plays the final card,

when an ace in the hole can save your soul
and you draw the two of hearts.