Truth

i saw a revelation
on a late night sci-fi movie
i envisioned a premonition
in a dream it came to me

i heard a prophet speaking
i passed a vagrant on the street
i read a startling prediction
in a tabloid magazine

you never know just where the truth can lie
you never know just where the truth can lie

there was a foretelling
an urban legend from long ago
about a salesman who went knocking
selling salvation from door to door

he wasnt a fortune teller
he had no psychic ability
but he put forth a sacred omen
in violation of civility

you never know just where the truth can lie
you never know just where the truth can lie

Legacy

if i dropped dead in this moment
how will i be found?
what stuff will be lying around me?

how will i be remembered? will anyone remember?
what will happen to my possessions?
what will my legacy and last impressions be?

do i even care?
if my memory evaporates into the air?
what really does it matter?
everything in life will eventually scatter.

what good is a legacy?
time will just make it a mystery
i guess that is alright with me

i prize my things, i prize my pets
so in death i would have regrets
what will then become of them?
in my post mortem?

and the friends and loved ones i leave behind
in my demise, what comfort will they find?
their initial sorrow is unsettling to me
in my absence, how will their tomorrow be?

it hurts to leave a legacy
if thoughts of me come painfully
thats not how i want it to be
I don't want to add to life's misery

theres nothing i can do
life is short and death is true
what i mold before i'm gone
does not insure my legacy will go on

i guess i leave my legacy's fate
to the caretakers of my estate.
what ive created and gathered here
may be of no true value, i fear

my collections and ideas, lost in the dump of time
its the ultimate fate and the most common crime
should i be a victim and be erased
because its better not to clutter this place

i just don't know
trying not to let my ego show
i grasp for eternity any way i can
but in the end, most legacys go unplanned

Burning Away

When you're young and hunger to know
time moves so slow
adulthood seems so distant
it seems theres pause in every instant

why children can have no patience
why a teenager thinks 30 is old
they should grasp to appreciate
how their time is worth more than gold

today my day is burning away
If i don't catch it, it will soon be gone
Hours move like minutes and time isnt on my side
i grow older on the inside and life speeds up on the outside

this energy it is draining
slowly seeping out my life force
you learn to appreciate these moments
realizing how fast they slip away

i'm looking at the big picture
the age of life and my grain in time
to lazily miss a few hours
how swiftly they are passing by

i'll grab a few
try to hold in my memory as much as i can
relive the true moments
before they blow away with the sand

won't spend my time waiting
get as much out of this as is possible
try to slow down the process as if i am young
grab some time as it flies away

A Way Love Can Go

she gave me hope
she gave me love
all said and done
she came from above

our love was short
it had an end
to lose a companion
lose touch with a friend

its a way love can go

some people find
a place in time
to share a few moments
then leave it behind

it wasnt planned
was in our hands
it slipped away
it often can

its a way love can go

we shared our lives
we shared our dreams
who could regret that
or forget what it means

and though she's gone
memories linger on
was the one true romance
so brief but so long

its a way love can go