Unconditional
Four Letter Word Lyrics

Now I see it, slip slipping away,
As time passes, I am realizing that the things I hold dear are slowly slipping away from me.

Sometimes I notice, just how I have aged.
Occasionally, I take note of the physical signs of aging on my face and body.

Drawing conclusions, in the lines on my face,
I am able to see the conclusions of my life and experiences reflected in the lines on my face.

Run out of fingers trying to count the days.
I have so much history and so many experiences that I can no longer easily quantify or count them.

You know what really bothers me the most,
I have a significant concern that I need to address.

I never could allow anything too close.
In order to protect myself from potential pain or disappointment, I have never allowed myself to become too attached to anyone or anything.

Keep my distance, far behind the lines,
I stay far away from emotional vulnerability and anything that could potentially harm me.

Everything's taken, taken away
Despite my best efforts, everything that I care about is ultimately taken away from me.

In time, I will lose everything I care about.
As time goes on, I will inevitably lose everything that I care about.

In time, either you or me will have to learn to live without.
Eventually, one of us will have to learn to live without the other.

In time, the coins will overflow the wishingwell.
As time passes, I will accumulate an abundance of wealth or experiences that I have wished for.

In time, maybe this will all cease to be so unconditional.
Perhaps at some point in the future, the situation won't be quite so unconditional or unchanging.

Unconditional, unconditional.
The current situation is unchanging and absolute.

Not so long ago it all seemed viable,
Until recently, everything seemed possible and within my grasp.

But now my theory's so unreliable.
My beliefs and theories about life are now much more unstable and uncertain.

There's never any doubt, you can fulfill your dreams,
At one time, I was 100% confident that I could achieve all of my dreams and ambitions.

When indestructible, teenage machines.
When I was young and invincible, life seemed more straightforward and surmountable.

I'm still angry, but now I realise,
Despite my ongoing anger, I am beginning to comprehend the reality of my situation.

I see the cycle slowly turning in my eyes.
I can see the cyclical nature of life and how it is beginning to affect me.

It's irretrievable, so easily won or lost,
The things in life that matter most are often impossible to get back once they are gone, and they can be won or lost with surprising ease.

Like terrafirma, lying dormant in permafrost.
As solid as the ground beneath us can seem, it can easily be frozen and made lifeless.

You can only hold on for a short time
We can only hold onto life for a relatively brief period of time before we lose our grip and fall away.

'Til your fingers will lessen their grip on the twine.
Eventually, our grasp on life slips and we can no longer hold onto it as tightly as we once did.

Tired muscles find it hard to cope,
As we age and lose our vitality, it becomes more difficult to deal with the challenges of life.

Before you know, you're at the end of the rope.
Time flies by so quickly that it can be easy to suddenly find yourself at the end of one's life without having fully lived it.

There's never gonna be near enough time,
There will never be enough time in a single human lifetime to accomplish everything that we dream of or hope to.

You're always gonna be cut down in your prime.
We will all eventually be confronted with the end of our lives no matter how much potential we may possess at any given moment.

I can't afford to let let myself forget
It is important that I don't forget the value and importance of each moment of my life.

The wheel's in motion, the hourglass is set.
Time is always marching forward and we can't slow it down or change its course.