What You Will Keep

Cast me in permanence Nothing's meant to last forever Replace my blood with fresh cement Shatter when I hit the ground Pick me apart and Set aside the parts of me You want to keep But I can't guarantee they'll last long No, I can't guarantee they'll last Take every part of me you hate to see And throw it to the side Made mistakenly, poor quality But without those parts I'll die Yeah, I'll make any excuse To be of no use It's the dust that holds together Through every storm that you will weather Clean it up and watch The pieces fall and scatter on the ground Maybe we can find a way to fix it Maybe if we don't we'll be complicit We want it all But there is nothing left for us to take No, there is nothing left for us Take every part of me you hate to see And throw it to the side Made mistakenly, poor quality But without those parts I'll die An empty ending to an empty life Time is killing me, but that's alright Yeah, I'll make any excuse To be of no use Set aside what you will keep But it won't count for anything No, it won't count for anything Take every part of me you hate to see And throw it to the side Made mistakenly, poor quality But without those parts I'll die An empty ending to an empty life Time is killing me, but that's alright Yeah, I'll make any excuse To be of no use Set aside what you will keep But it won't count for anything I'll make any excuse To be of no use