We Will Not All Sleep

Time is the antagonist

& she pulls no punches.

I'm afraid that we're all finite

& life will leave

No debt unpaid.

We will not all sleep.

Death is not a promise

On damnation's conscience.

I'm afraid that we're all finite

& our mistakes

Negate what's next.

We will not all sleep.

But, maybe

One day i can breathe.

(I will not die in my own shadow.

I will not die in my own shadow.

I will not die in my own shadow...)

I put my eyes to the floor

& paced circles

Where your feet stepped first.

When time was cautious

And kept me cradled in her arms.

Before any leaf could turn,

I picked my eyes up

At the slightest sight of that

Slow burn

'Cause i'm still afraid as i was

Before any lesson i've learned.

But I will not die in my own shadow

& I will not die.

(I will not die in my own shadow.

I will not die in my own shadow.

I will not die in my own shadow

& I will not die.)