The beauty
Of living
The moment
I’ve chased the ghost of
Fame and success
My whole adolescence
A reverie in sound
That tends to nothing
But selling tickets
In the best theaters
I don’t wanna die today
We don’t all have luck
So, when it gets bad
I take the bow out
And graze the strings ‘cause
I don’t wanna die
I’ll play my songs loud
As far as I can remember
And lose some notes because
The score’s gone with the wind
While it flows
I will dance with the walking people
Will I ever gain a second wind?
We’re a crescendo
That ends in silence
And we sing threnodies
To hush the racket
The tempo’s rapid
I’m keeping it up
Although I’m aging
It doesn’t matter
I don’t wanna die today
I’ll play forever
And I’m so sorry
If the melody’s too loud
My souls screams out aloud:
“I don’t wanna die at all!”
I know I won’t gain
A second wind
So I’ll breathe in
And live the moment