Helix

Tell me, when the planet was formed
 Was it easy to believe there was more
 Were we learning to expand and explore
 Did we weather the storm?
 Or get lost in the dust of disturbance and cloud
 Caught in the force of the shadow of doubt
 Feel the helix alive, feel it inside
 So tell me how to lose the regret
 The glass sits more than half empty yet
 Salvation in one last cigarette
 I might want to forget
 Or get lost in the rush of distraction and lust
 Take one little step
 To the end where you must
 Everything depends on a moment of trust
 Come and be seen
 And you're saved from the dust
 So come now and let's settle the debt
 It's a wager I don't want to accept
 I'll keep looking, maybe this is a test
 To get up from the sloth and face what I see
 In for the kill that is coming for me
 All it feeds on is pleasure
 All it values is crass
 It's depraved beyond measure
 But it's top of the class
 Every god is a letdown
 All heroes are false
 So there ends the lesson
 It's a hell of a course