A Thousand Days

Do you see them?
All who have gone before us
They stare from above
Open arms
But I don't think that I'm ready
To let this world slip away

When I return
To the Earth
I will catch my breath
Lay my head
On the cold
Calm ground beneath me
And rest my eyes for a thousand days

Until the end of time
I have stared deep into the abyss
Its embrace next to mine
Exiled from this life
I can see, I can taste it
I will never touch its skin
Until the end

I can feel life's bitter end
Climbing up my spine
Like the cold
Sinking deep into my skin
Pull me into that black hole

Until the end of time

Do you hear them?
All who have gone before us
Their voices echo
But I don't think that I am ready

Do you see them?
They stare from above
But I don't think that I'm ready
To watch this world slip away

I can feel life's bitter end
Climbing up my spine
Like the cold
Sinking deep into my skin
Pull me into that black hole

I can feel life's bitter end
Rising right along with the sun
Sinking deep into my skin
It seemed like life had just begun

As the days pass
I feel the end
As the days pass
I feel the end
Mother, will I breathe again?
Again?

When I return
To the Earth
I will catch my breath
Lay my head
On the cold
Calm ground beneath me
And rest my eyes for a thousand days"