Living daylights

buckle down - bury my fate - let's go in another direction - responsibility caught up with me too slow was the rate of affection - caught soft in a midnight thought cause i wasn't paying attention - the mistakes and stakes keeping me from doing the same - i can't say goodbye to my innocence and say hello to consequence - i can't go on living life like this - it doesn't make any sense - heart sinks, gut starts to go - can't think cause i've lost my perception - head swells, voice becoms dull - can't yell cause i've got no projection - locked tight in my mindsets' blight and i've got no way to protect it - the mistakes and the stakes keep me from doing the same - kick back and settle down - let it take - "go ahead and do what you want to do" - what would they say on the day i hit the breakes? i'm sure they'd be singing a different tune - kick down the hour glass - let it break - i just did what i wanted to - run my fingers through the sand that it makes - pick it up then i'll throw it in your face - that's right