Circuit Breaker

I don't know if we all know the feeling... but some of you surely do.

I'm not talking about the feeling of blowing it, flaming out, wigging, flipping your lid, or otherwise losing control.

No... I'm talking about that world-weary feeling you get when someone you've cared about, agonized over, loved, lamented, and forgiven a thousand times, someone you have lost control over in the past, someone who was once your everything, pushes too far once too often and you realize that, instead of anger, or sorrow, or rage or pity -- you feel nothing.

Now, the electrically minded among us (and I know a lot of you geeks because I am one of you geeks) will be compelled to point out that a better analogy might be an old fashioned fuse since once they blow you have to put in a whole new fuse, whereas, with a circuit breaker, you just flip a switch and you're ready to go again (but hopefully you've unplugged a leggy blonde or two).

But fuses go out with a flash and a loud pop... what I was really after was the precise, businesslike click-thunk-thank-ya'-ma'am-I'll-find-my-own-way out of a circut breaker relay. No muss, no fuss, no blackened fuse box. Just a clean, emotionless shutdown.

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Honey there's a circuit breaker
deep inside my heart
late last nite I felt the whole thing blow
I felt all my feelings stop

Isn't it amazing, doll
how fast it all can change
the twitch of a tiny hand
and today is yesterday

The love l felt for you
was like a frozen photograph
where you watch the ghosts appear
baby, step into the past

Isn't it amazing, doll...

Wasnt there forever
at least for a little while
wasnt there a time for us
too bad that's out of style

Isn't it amazing, doll
how fast it all can change
the twitch of a tiny hand
and today is yesterday