And after all these spinning clocks have come to rest and done their best to throw us we're still hanging on with both our hands And while the gears with gnashing teeth they chew and creak revolve and speak no names just wordless ways ignoring our demands Not until you not until you rest Not until you not until you rest And this might tear us twice in two or wear us down or wear us through inertia unrelenting distant over time And if today is not a date that stumbles blindly while we wait six billion clerks consenting we are doing fine Not until you not until you rest Not until you not until you rest And after all these spinning clocks have come to rest and done their best to throw us we're still hanging on with both our hands