Song #14 - We Die Three Times

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WE DIE THREE TIMES

we die three times before we live
the first will take our innocence
the brutal truth a painful gift
this life seen as it is

a pinprick of the needle
a dose of the world
the tears that feed the seed
of every boy and girl
the necessary grit
that can become a pearl
but we are forced to change

we die three times before we live
the second kills the narcissist
we fight or hide, the chamber clicks
and nobody is missed

souls escape our bodies to prevent the pain
they cry they will return when it is safe again
we feel it in our chest but we don’t know its name
and nothing is the same

we die three times before we live
the third will lift the desperate
the wizened heart the open fist
that smiles at one last kiss

and just when we imagine we deserve no more
a clearing in the static will reveal a door
a path that may have been there since our dawning day
before we knew the way

we die three times but then we live
every time we notice it
and then we never die again
we never die again