We Don't Want It

The first thing I noticed was the wood paneled walls
As the nurse with a sad smile walked us down the hall
And said it's time to skip to the final chapter
Even if you don't want to

Gathered around her bed like a campfire,
I'll admit the misery made us closer
But the sadness made us older
And none of us was ready to grow up
Not yet, not like this
Not like this

Light will fade
And time won't abate
But light still remains
Even if we don't want it to
We don't want it

She got her first tattoo at 73
A little butterfly with color in the wings
Cause she was always flying
I thought she'd always be flying

And all our scars are traced with gilded silver linings
We're all rich in ways we never wanted to be
Cause I would sell it every time, I'd pull every penny out of hiding
I'd pay any price to reverse this reckoning

Cause light will fade
And time won't abate
But light still remains
Even when we don't want it to
We don't want it, no

Light will fade
And time won't abate
But light still remains
Even when we don't want it to
We don't want it
We don't want it, no
We don't want it to, no