Paranoia

What do you do
when the world stands still?
What do you do
when life turns strange?
What do you do 
when you're suddenly trapped
and you can't escape
the times you live in now?

Well something brand new
has caused everything to stop
and everyone is starting to panic

We wear masks
stay inside
and we all try to hide
from something small
microscopic
invisible to the eye

The earth came crashing
to a screeching halt
and things started to fall
one by one
like dominoes

First one show was canceled
then another one 
then school
and then stores
and now time has seemed to stop
or at least to slow down

I don't know how long it's been
since I was sent home
but it feels like each day is a week
and each week is a month
and each month is a year

Seriously
how long have we been here?
My hands start to twitch
and my face starts to itch
and I need to distract myself
from this crazy world 
of uncertainties

No one knows 
how long we'll be here
and for your own good
don't look it up
unless you want to dive into
conspiracy theories
and pessimistic posts
about how the government is trying
to postpone the votes

Hurry out to the stores
go in one by one
don't look
don't speak
don't breathe on anyone

Grab the toilet paper
and the hand sanitizer too 
make sure you wear your mask
and hold in your coughs
because if anybody hears that
it'll be like a bomb went off

I mean
what else are we supposed to do?
We were never trained for this
never expected this

I mean
in the future
it'll be cool to talk about
to a younger generation
whenever they start to pout
about how they hate school
and wish they didn't have to go
then you can lean over and say -

Is that so?
Well, when I was your age
I begged and begged to be allowed to go.
It was all in vain 
because the schools were closed
but how I longed
yes I longed
I longed to go

But that's in the future
and were still living this
and it sure isn't fun 
to be living this
but hey 
at least we'll have stories to tell
I mean 
assuming this all ends well