Elegy

We strive to live our lives with some objective
We try not to die in vain
But I can't buy into your new perspective
This nihilistic view is driving you insane
I'll never be just one of the collective
So disconnected from the hive
You'll never free yourself from retrospect if
You're the insect crushed along the drive

Hold me when my hands get colder
Tell me it's going to be alright
Notice me, savour every word of this
My elegy

If every recent word's already spoken
For what reason do you speak?
Our reveries unheard lie dead and broken
Now we're woken (do you feel unique?)
I won't ever see the bigger picture
It never fits inside my frame of mind
But I will sever free from every stricture
Leave clever writs beside my name behind

Hold me high upon your shoulders
Slowly lead me to the light
Know me, treasure every word of this
My elegy

Hold me when the fire smoulders
Show me we can reignite
Oh, believe, there's more to me that's yet to be
My elegy

And may every man have something
Great to say saved for the day he dies
And may every plan we made that
Went our way replay before our eyes
We're more than the clay that made us
So before we fade away to dust
Before we say our last goodbyes

Just hold me
We're still getting older
Only our eyes will burn as bright
Promise me they'll shout requiems about
My elegy

Guarantee this will be the death of me
My elegy