Well I'm living
and that's a feat I'll say.
Dodged the bullets and the pathogens
to fight another day.
I used to fear what'd come on next
when these livin days are through.
And I questioned all the things I heard
'bout the day the checks are due.
Till I died,
for a minute there or two.
But it told me everything to know
of the end for me and you.
I saw no pearly gates
nor the fiery flames of hell,
didn't come around a second time
like the stories they all tell.
There was nothing:
I wasn't present anymore.
Weightless.
No wings, yet still I soared.
I saw no hands before me,
I saw no feet below.
I saw nothing there at all
so I sat back for the show.
--
It was dark
but then there was a star.
And more sparkling behind it,
glitter near and twinkle far.
There were galaxies a-swirling
with more colors than I could see.
It was everything there ever was,
everything to be.
There was beauty dancing round
for as far as I could see.
It was everything there was except for me.
I felt no pain,
yet felt no glee.
No sorrows and no loves,
there was nothing left of me.
Nothing left for me to feel,
nothing left for me to do,
there was nothing,
except the view.
--
but I was living
after going through all that.
Woke up in the clinic bed
as it all came rushing back.
I was crying, I was happy
but was also deeply sad.
I was back amongst the world again
it was good, but it was bad.
I had seen it,
but I saw it all too soon.
I had left this
but my time here wasn't through.
I like to think it happened
that I felt the feel of death.
That I'll see the sights again,
when I've taken my last breath.
There'll be nothing
waiting there for me.
I'll be weightless
with all the sights to see.
I think that's how this ends
for all of us below.
We'll see nothing of ourselves
and every second of the show.
--
It was dark
but then there was a star.
And more sparkling behind it,
glitter near and twinkle far.
There were galaxies a-swirling
with more colors than I could see.
It was everything there ever was,
everything to be.
There was beauty dancing round
for as far as I could see.
It was everything there was except for me.
We'll feel no pain,
though feel no joy or happy glee.
No sorrows and no loves,
we are the truest form of free.
There'll be nothing left for me and nothing left for you.
For we are nothing.
Except the view.
--
So sit on back
and enjoy the view.
