As I Lay Dying
Hey little darling
What’s that you say
Your mother’s a fish?
And she just swam away?I looked for you
Through the veil of my tears
But I couldn’t see you
Through the smoke of my fearsAs I lay dying
I thought of you,
Of all the things I wanted
And all that I didn’t doBut it’s not all about you
To be human is to share
Can you open your mind?
And see what is fairWe have desires and secrets
That we forgot we had
We tried to bury them
But they still smelled badAs I lay dying
I thought of you,
Of all the things I wanted
And all that I didn’t doWe have desires and secrets
That buried us alive
That killed the intimacy
Our love needs to surviveIn my life I have drifted
Between the earth and the sky
My life’s quest a balance
Between the us and the IAs I lay dying
I thought of you,
Of all the things I wanted
And all that I didn’t do
Inspired by As i Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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