I’m a cautionary tale Afraid I might lose my friends Afraid this might be the end Afraid I don’t know how to start I’m a cautionary tale

I’m afraid we are losing Afraid we already lost Afraid we don’t know the cost Until we come to collect I’m a cautionary tale

Like Cassandra I’d do better if I were quiet But I can’t now So I whisper like a riot in the streets But you’re asleep And you’re not going to hear me

I’m a cautionary tale Afraid I might lose my head Afraid I might be shot dead By a stray ricochet I’m a cautionary tale

I believe in a future With a difference in the past And it may not come to pass Til it’s too late for us to notice I’m a cautionary tale

Like Cassandra I’d do better if I were quiet But I can’t now So I scream out like a riot in the streets But you’re asleep And you’re not going to hear me

Like a boulder Being pushed up on the hill Like a rolling stone That heeds no will but its own And the benevolent forces of gravity

I’m a cautionary tale Afraid this might be the end We don’t know how to begin We’re all just trying to breathe I’m a cautionary tale