When They Go Away
People come and people go, and there's so little we can do trying to stop it. With every fall we realise we are weak and that we stand somewhere down the line. It irks at first, but then it fades away, and so it should. When they go away The birds chirp like they do every morning, The sun peeks through the fog, You wake up in the morning, everything's same; But they have gone. Gone past the clouds, gone past the sun, Gone into the realm of the unknown; And you realise all that you had to say, Only when they go away. Memories unfold like a flower in the sun, Oh you'll have them all life long! The good and the bad you had with them, Stored safe in the back of your head. But they have gone. And they also take away little of your heart, Little by little it comes apart. Maybe that is why it doesn't hurt to die old, But you only wish they'd stayed, When they go away. Life is a lie, death is the truth, Enjoy the lie 'for you hit the truth: