Transience

Cut through the countries, speed through the dark A child in a train, distressed as it departs It's only the start

Faded green circles rounded your wrist Her mother is frowning, it's something she missed She fixes her hair

At the failing of the day she heard Her father always say, "Remember, it's only the start, It's only the start." When she drifted off to sleep She had the whole world at her feet because It's only the start, it's only the start Before they fell away, it seemed to matter all the same But it was only the start, only the start Only the start