Slide’s Getting Shorter

[Verse 1]
Six hour-long drives were half of my life
Now they don't take time like they used to
I'm worried the years that used to take years
Won't always appear to the old rules
Try to look at my past and all I can grasp
Are some pictures that I don't know who took

[Pre-Chorus]
But I don't wanna go backwards
'Cause I know everything else will still move

[Chorus]
If most of my life I forget
How much of it really happened
When I make it to the wrong end
Will I know how long it lasted?
'Cause the more time
I have on one side
It feels like the slide
Shortens as I ride it
Or maybe I'm just flyin'
But I don't like it

[Verse 2]
Whenever I sleep, the hours just leave
But they don't wake me to say goodbye
Whatever's behind usually finds
Its way out my mind when it feels like it
And it's dark in there but it doesn't need an exit sign

[Pre-Chorus]
Still, I don't wanna go backwards
'Cause I know it could take just as much time

[Chorus]
If most of my life I forget
How much of it really happened
When I make it to the wrong end
Will I know how long it lasted?
'Cause the more time
I have on one side
It feels like the slide
Shortens as I ride it
Or maybe I'm just flyin'
But I don't like it

[Outro]
Take your time and get behind it
Or you might feel yourself slidin'
Used to like it, I was five then
Now I'm hidin' in the tunnel
And I won't move a muscle
Either something's out of order
Or the slide's getting shorter