Arithmetic On The Frontier

We all have come close
But do we ever die
The ones who seem to get so far
Don’t say that word
So it is second hand and inference
(Second hand inference)
(Away from me)

We learned to die in childhood
To keep our secrets safe
There is no speech these rabid walls
Can understand to be outdone and the cheaper man
(I looked the other way)
My brother went and lost his mind
(I looked the other way)

My captain turned against his creed
So long his sacred chance to me

(His body hit the floor)
(Her body hit the floor)
In the field next to their gun
It was in their mind