Ah-ah
Ah-ah
When I go, I wanna be useful
Don't bury me in a wooden box
One day, a skeleton in a suit and tie
Please don't make it harder for me to die
Mix my ashes in an hourglass
Pour my blood onto crashing waves
Find my vocal cords a poet who will use them
Like the instrument they are
And make my spine into a guitar
So by all means, please
Take every last ounce of me
Don't wanna be mixed up in the debris
Plant me in a forest, check up on the tree
Rest your sunglasses on my sun-bleached skull
Play fetch with the grieving dog and my femur bones
Feel the warm sand through my feet
The cool, cool grass between my freshly painted toes
Place my teeth under your soft pillows
The Tooth Fairy will not ask
I'm sure she's indifferent
As we are to the cash
So by all means, please
Take every last ounce of me
Don't wanna be mixed up in the debris
Plant me in a forest, check up on the tree
And if you decide to twist my ribs
And build them into a morbid birdcage
That feels right to me
They've always felt too tight to me
And when all is said and done
Every part found a home but one
So if you'd like to (if you'd like to)
Keep my heart to yourself (keep my heart, ah)
Just for you alone (just for you)
Proudly mounted on your shelf
Or maybe beating 'neath your floorboards
Another thing you hoard
Wear my skin like lace
Wouldn't wanna take up too much space
(Wouldn't wanna take up too much space)
By all means, please
Take every last ounce of me
Don't wanna be mixed up in the debris
Plant me in a forest, check up on the tree
