Cradle to Grave

As We Lay Dying

Cradle to Grave


Five senses fade into black from my birth 
The greater that I fail in life 
The more I seem to realize 
There's nothing more than empty eyes 
That refuse my hand and watch 
As we lay dying 

Eight fingers sift through this mind without thumbs 
Tomorrow whispers fleeting lies 
Yesterday looks away and sighs 
While today stays a waste of time 
As I become what I am not 
As we lay dying 

Life shines through death 
Death shines through life 
Life shines through death 
Death shines through wasted life 

Running down the sunset while gasping for the next breath 
The thought always escaped me that I could be nothing more 
Back when I never bothered to persist when I faltered 
I always answered questions never asked before 
My breathing starts to wear thin as all this screaming within 
Silenced every heartbeat of dreams now gone astray 
In the nearest future lies the death of every virtue 
Instilled in hopes and smiles and trusts and purposes 
Of what was me 

As we crawl, as we try 
As we fall watch their eyes 
As we lay dying 

Nothing more to see here except the lack of me here 
Morning after morning of nothing left 
Struggle to find the words when the shock precedes hurt 
And always act as if I'd always stay alive 
Brother will believe in me when he relies on memory 
Father will believe I could not have gave much more 
Mother will recover from all she'll have to suffer 
This lifetime that I lived will be a gift no more 

As we crawl, as we try 
As we fall watch their eyes 
As we lay dying