no good recollection

all of the motion adds up to a fall
we aren't the ones we were so long ago
and now we find we're being forced to stall

it seems the manly thing now is to bawl
that what was fast has turned so fucking slow
all of the motion adds up to a fall

the lion that would pounce first learns to crawl
yet leaves a little over for the crow
and now we find we're being forced to stall

no one would say that we had not the gall
to claim a place where fools alone would go
all of the motion adds up to a fall

before the action we beheld the wall
and found that there was something hard to know
and now we find we're being forced to stall

that is the story we must tell to all
who come to see just how this thing is so
all of the motion adds up to a fall
and now we find we're being forced to stall