Checkmate in Five Moves

Day and night
have broken into special pieces
and now the freedom to fit in
any old way is gone,
and the pressure is on
24/7.

It's checkmate in five moves,
if we could only see it;
myself, I see a rook taking a pawn,
that's about it.

All the chess pieces have a right
to get a little nervous,
some may even jump offsides
but here,
we alternate turns
like day and night
we're black and red,
two checkers on a chess board.

It's checkmate in five moves
if we don't run into a foolsmate first
that's like a bubble burst,
two checkers on a chessboard.