Memento Mori

from Do I Contradict Myself? by Nelson Walker

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I’m not waiting round for answers to fall down from the sky
And I’m not running round in circles just to watch the world go by

And you say the path is long and winding
And you say the mountaintop is cold
And you say your legs are tired of walking
And you say you’re young and then you’re old

I’m gonna take a boat downriver and paddle back upstream
Rinse the sweat from off my body and lie amongst the leaves

And you say the water’s flowing quickly
And you say the day’s already done
And you say the leaves are lately fallen
And you say your fate can’t be out-(run)

Oh, may there come a day when this eternal body fades away to feed a million bodies more
And when the mold spreads through my skin and when the maggots burrow in I’ll nourish them with every rotting pore
And I’m afraid to die but I will never die ‘cause nothing ever dies, you just transform

And you say your fragile heart is beating
And you say you’ll wither down to bones
And you say the fallow light is waning
And you say your grave is overgrown

And you say God is a pine tree
And you say the roots are burned to ash
And you say after Autumn comes the Springtime
And you say after Future comes the Past

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from Do I Contradict Myself?, released April 16, 2024

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