Escalator

I can hear somebody talking inside of my brain
Tell me I'm losing, I'm choosing to go down the drain
When I listen, I don't see the sunshine
Sometimes at night, dreaming, I see it so clear
There's a man standing in front of all I hold dear
I give him the matches and he lights a bonfire

The harder I work, the longer I run
The more that it seems I'm left undone
And I'm always going up the down escalator
Faster and faster and faster and faster it turns
You'd think by now a guy like me would have learned

If I had a shovel I'd dig a hole deep and wide
Wait for the devil and grab him and pull him inside
Put the gloves on, go mano y mano

The harder I work, the longer I run
The more that it seems I'm left undone
And I'm always going up the down escalator
Faster and faster and faster and faster it turns
You'd think by now a guy like me would have learned

Oh, the harder I work, the longer I run
The more that it seems I'm left undone
And I'm always going up the down escalator
Faster and faster and faster and faster it turns
You'd think by now a guy like me would have learned