The Pros & Cons of Linear

Time
 Is going by
 And there's nothing we can do to stop it
 Can't seem to die
 So I guess I
 Will cry "Is anyone out there who can stop it?"
 I'm going in circles and I gotta get out
 Before there's no time left at all
 Don't take me back to where I started
 I don't think that I'll survive
 Is this really all for nothing?
 Still I don't want to die
 Then there are times I'd wish that time
 Would just fly by
 And get me on out of this hellhole
 Let time slip past
 To someplace new
 Cuz everything and nothing is different
 You can't have it both ways
 You don't get to choose the way
 The master plan unfolds
 Don't take me back to where I started
 I don't think that I'll survive
 Is this really all for nothing?
 Still I don't want to die