When I Have left This Mortal Coil

Lyrics

When I have left this mortal coil I'll leave no shade
 When I have left this place I'll leave my bed unmade
 When you have burnt my frame there'll be no more of me
 Just scattered ashes and the film of memory
 There is no more to all of this than what we see
 There's less than what we've dreamt of
 In our failed and fucked up frail philosophy
 When my tired heart has flexed a final weary time
 When from my mouth escapes a breathless pantomime
 When you've agreed they should turn off all the machines
 There'll be no more of me, my slate shall be wiped clean
 There is no more to all of this than what we see
 There's less than what we've dreamt of
 In our failed and fucked up frail philosophy
 And that is all my friends, existence will have ceased
 This universe I've built around me
 Will have mortally decreased
 And you'll all be okay
 And you'll all be all right
 And your own small worlds will spin through dark and light
 And you'll all be okay
 And you'll all be all right
 And your own sweet lungs will breathe through day and night
 When I am gone do not revere some phantom lie
 So not make more of me and please do not deny
 That I was nothing more nor less than what you saw
 That in my scaling of the heights
 I usually failed to leave the floor
 When I am dead do not bemoan what might have been
 Do not spend precious time on what my life may mean
 For while I live I do not care or give a damn
 What you think of me
 I know how I have lived and who I am
 And you'll all be okay
 And you'll all be all right
 And your own small worlds will spin through dark and light
 And you'll all be okay
 And you'll all be all right
 And your own sweet lungs will breathe through day and night
 When I have left this mortal coil I'll leave no shade

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Song Details

Duration
03:16
Key
1
Tempo
133 BPM

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