To live is to die

~To live is to die~

I'm losing my grip on this life

It's not because I'm letting go

It's all the blood on the line

My hands are worn to the bone

The weathered man has the best insight

He's been down the worst roads

He's had to struggle and to fight

Within him is the striving soul

Tears roll down my cheeks

And I look towards the sky

I hope the clouds will break

So the rain will hide my struggling faith

I've got to die to live and then die again

My body won't make it through this life

This I know and this I hold true

That when I lay down in the mud

When I breathe out my soul

I'll leave my decaying body

For this decaying world