Everything is Broken

Of everything man has ever invented, the most pathetic invention has to be adhesive glue. It just shows how desperate and disillusioned we are. We are actually willing to expend resources on scientific research to come up with a way to assuage our disillusionment. I wonder if chainsaws and adhesive glues tell us something about the personalities of the noble souls that invented them. If so, I would rather be the inventor of the chainsaw than that of the glue.

Broken lines...broken strings
Broken threads...broken springs
Broken idols...broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.

Broken cutters...broken saws
Broken buckles...broken laws
Broken bodies...broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken.

Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties...broken vows
Broken pipes...broken tools
People bending...broken rules
Hound dog howling...bullfrog croaking
Everything is broken.

Broken bottles...broken plates
Broken switches...broken gates
Broken dishes...broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken.

Broken nights...broken days,
Broken leaves on broken trees,
Broken fingers...broken paws,
Broken sweat on broken brows.
Ain't no use runnin', honey,
Ain't no use jokin'
Nothing's workin'
Everything is broken.

Broken lives, hangin' by a thread,
Broken water...broken bread,
Broken mirror...broken chair,
Broken roads...goin' nowhere.
Broken words never meant to be spoken,
Can't help it, honey,
Everything broken.

Broken clock, on a broken wall
Broken voices in a broken hall
Broken beginnings...broken ends
Streets are filled with broken friends
Take a deep breath, baby, feel like you're chokin',
Tell me the truth now,
Everything broken.

Broken flesh on a broken floor,
Broken keys, for a broken door
Broken idols...broken heroes,
Broken numbers, addin' up to zeroes
Hound dog's howling, bull frog's croakin',
It ain't easy, baby,
Everything broken.