smile when you die
the handprints stalking up the wall
that rattling gasps or nothingness
sing when you sleep
whisper 'no fear, no fear'
cry out for mercy with a last breath breathed
and wonder if they hear you
is death cold?
i've always wondered if it feels like a burial
lying under a blanket of grass and leaves
nothing's warm up there but the stars -
they say the sun burns hot but i still feel the chill
you showed me how to map the veins of space
in and out and up and down
lulling me to sleep with songs about memories
telling me i'm a legend
a girl of stardust and storm
but i feel too small
to be much other than a leaf on the wind
a breathless lost cause, a broken red string
you told me to make history
so i started a war
