"Want" lyrics

Is it by design
To be unsatisfied?
It keeps the engine on
And the fire bright

For centuries over centuries
We burn for more
Is hunger some kind of curse
Or a driving force?
I can't put my finger on
What we're driving towards

Mile markers' set in place
Look back at all the progress we've made
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable
At the end of the day
We're speaking up
But death has the final say

Future medicine
Could have saved her life
Or traded in her pain
For a gentler kind

Breakthrough after breakthrough
I'm still surprised
The systems we built to help
Were so paralyzed
So many capable hands were tied

Mile markers' set in place
Look back at all the progress we've made
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable
At the end of the day
We're speaking up
But death has the final say

How much of my life
Will be illuminated by
The glow of a little screen
I'm hypnotized

Headline after headline after headline
Of ceaseless brokenness
Were we made for this?
To make room, somehow, for the infinite
To drink the ocean in a single sip?

Mile markers' set in place
Look back at all the progress we've made
Comfortable but not quite safe
Still so vulnerable
At the end of the day
We're speaking up
But death has the final say

What if the fountain of youth
Is one step away?