Time... The Great Vivisector lyrics

Peel away my skin to find a core dissected Bleeding, compromised Home of anxiety and fear their presence Grows with every passing year Won’t wait for time’s vivisection of me Tear my flesh and beat me blind with the truth Times vultures, circle my pride Expectations of each new day Freeze me rigid with untold misery Learn to count moments not months Cos it’s the here, the now, I must confront Futile attempts to slow time’s hand Highlight respect that it commands The weeks, months, years bring clarity that I will never fail to be Surprised by how far I can fall life’s lessons were no help at all The seconds drain my energy force-feeding grim reality Times hands scrape at a brazen soul reminder of it’s supreme control The here, the now, I must confront