To Kill a Sunrise

Life's short, don't blink, you might miss it
No one's saving me from the incessant ticking
Of the second hand, counting down till they're diggin' a grave plot

After all, it is clockwork
Someone dies and someone's born
Never wait another day for us to mourn
From the maternity ward
To the crematorium
And everything in between when everybody's doomed

I've been told before that time heals all wounds
I don't believe it for a minute
As the hands of the clock themselves are tracking
Steal another day away

Carpe diem
I barely got to meet him
Before they went and buried him and now I'll never see him again
Don't you dare take those moments for granted
We've all got our limited time on this planet
And no one lives forever

I'd love to entertain the notion
That we've all got so much time to kill
But the sad fact's that we've all got
One foot in the grave from the moment we were born
And time flies like a bat out of hell

Ooh once we quit breathing, our hearts will cease beating
The Sun will keep heating the Earth

Everyone, everywhere someday will die
When it comes time to fill a grave
Darlin' don't cry because
None of us exist on purpose, we're just hurled into this circus
The tent's collapsing and the ringleader's tired

Everyone, everywhere someday will die
When it comes time to fill a grave
Darlin' don't cry because
None of us exist on purpose, we're just hurled into this circus
The tent's collapsing and the ringleader's tired

And dead people all smell the same