A Familiar World Moved An Inch Off-Center

The world shifted and here I stand A tired and lethargic man Who demos death to avoid life It hurts to think, just close my eyes A crippled cell ruined the richest man And the poorest isn't safe now A gaping pit formed under their feet A frosty giant awaits Burning home, left alone Their snowy corpse was white as bone The world shifted and here I stand Empty of heart and brain and hand Inflexible yet rubber-made A mighty oak born within shade They cried for hours over our best friend For whom they lusted A polyphoric fungus feeding on Whoever would listen Live decay, turn away Sinking deeper every day The world shifted and here I stand In a kingdom of rust and sand Off-center and endless of height Upon this throne of blackest night The world shifted and they're all gone Vanished within the rays of dawn Caught making love with death and rot So here I stand, it all for naught.