Checked Out

Ask me again in twenty years
Was it all worth the stress and tears
The occasional panic attack
Wayward path the story veers
Thrown into the grinding gears
And the light gives way to black

Retreat again to a digital place
Throw the world out of this space
Just fall in and fade out

In a hundred years it won't matter at all
A stealthily stalking, looming pall
Stabs me in the back

Retreat again to a digital place
Throw the world out of this space
Just fall in and fade out
Another world to show my face
Another chance at finding grace
Just fall in and fade out

I think I'll take a quick break
My hands are bruised
My body aches
I can't help you this time, no
I'm checked out
Checked out
Checked out

Retreat again to a digital place
Throw the world out of this space
Just fall in and fade out
Another world to show my face
Another chance at finding grace
Just fall in and fade out