I've lived my life backwards   Or heaven knows I've tried   Hope I find my perfection before I die   Maybe once we were fantastic   Maybe once we were divine   Now we're flailing in the wake   Of progress passing by   At the speed of normal         Ever since you were the baby   You've been trying to grow up   But that's nothing that a therapist can cure   There's an unconfirmed report   Or could it be a cruel hoax   That death is just the punchline   To a tall tale told   At the speed of normal         So for everyone who's anyone   And you know who you are   Hope you don't drop behind in the hundred yards war   The winners and the losers   Overtaken in the end   By their very shadows   Taking the last bend   At the speed of normal