Been turning it over,
Looking at it from all sides,

Checking every angle,
With a sculptor's eye,

Two circles intersect,
Where they overlap,

Pencil it in,
Shade and crosshatch,

A slippery slope to climb,
The Ouroboros paradigm,

The miner's black lung,
And the company store,

A rock and a hard place,
A revolving door,

A love so strong,
Montague and Capulet,

Is what we need to live,
What kills us in the end,

It's a slippery slope to climb,
Your Ouroboros paradigm,

Do you wear your heart on your sleeve,
And leave yourself open wide,

You can eat yourself up,
In this state of mind,

It's a fragile balance,
Are we feeling 'round blind,

Are they just chasing their tails,
These hands of time,

The dining philosophers,
And a Klein bottle cup,

The war hawk's Mobius Strip,
Ad hoc,

If what we need to live is what kills us in the end,
Do you keep it pinned on your sleeve,

Or does it stay within?

It's a slippery slope to climb,
This Ouroboros paradigm,