<before i die>

Before I die

Let me go back to the harsh white lights

Over identical aisles of a Coles supermarket

Let me go back

Back to my friends

To tell them I love them for the fourth time today

Let me go back

To hear the bird babies screaming

When the sun goes down

Let me eat a ready made meal

That tastes like nothing

After being exhausted from a long day of work

Let me fill my head in with

Liquid velvet that flows through the day

Without me feeling a thing

Let me forget I'm alive

Because the absence of happiness

Is what makes me feel like a child

Let me see my grandmother

Before she forgets my name

And my face and her wit and her smile

Let me yell let me laugh let me cry

I'm just trudging and sinking

And then you can take me away

(Take me away)

Do you remember when you said that you would

Live forever so I wouldn't be alone

Promises empty as your coffin should be

But I'm aware that it is just a white lie