Every Death

Beautiful stranger
You came along at the wrong time
I'm just a shadow
Of how you see me in your mind
And you're a scavenger
Sniffing out the scraps of what I left behind

Much like the vultures
Circling over both our heads
Sooner or later
They know we'll remember we've been dead
This whole time
I'm ruling the kingdom of the blind

So leave me alone now
I'm taking the medicine
I can't be around anyone
I need to be silent in my skin
Dwell in the stillness
Feel only the movement of my breath

And how it affects the air
Molecules around my body
Their subtle circulation
Could sufficiently captivate
My attention for centuries
What else could we need, really?

I wanted to warn you
Said I'm carrying some trauma as my chest
Clenches into a fist
Pulled back and ready to swing
'Cause you kinda look like him
You got the same way

Of looking at me like you own me
And I used to like that I guess
But not anymore
Now it makes me feel like I am drowning
So don't touch me
I've got more important things to do

And I couldn't tell you
How good it feels to realize
That I never needed him
And I'll never tell myself those lies
About what I need again
I don't need anything at all

I already have it
Heaven exists in every breath
Within every moment
Is every birth and every death
That will ever happen
It's already happened
It'll happen again I guess