Sitting on This Side of the Matter

a good country song can't cure cancer
but it can give me a welcome respite
from the doldrums of doctors' offices.

with every stab, every vein, 
I try to look forward and up,
at the horizon just sitting there.

I hope to never reach it,
because if you've made it there
it must be the end.

so I keep an eye on it,
make sure it doesn't move any closer,
as I listen to my music and live.

don't let the horizon 
sneak up on ya, kid,
for it might be the end of the world.