Burns

Remember back when you were just a little kid?
You were so scared of the dark, lying in your crib,
Waiting for Mama to turn on the light, but she never did.
Remember back when you would watch those stars?
They seemed so bright and they seemed so far.
But you knew, one day, they’d be falling around you.
Now today they are.
Because the world turns
Just like the sea churns,
Just like the sun burns,
Just like we all fall in turn.
I fell into the Bardo.
They brought me back again; so,
I don’t believe in no happy endings.
No, I don’t believe I want to do this again.
Remember back when you were just a little kid?
You said you’d never fall in love, then you did.
Now you’re holding your broken heart in your hand,
Remembering what Mama said.
She said the world turns
Just like the sea churns,
Just like the sun burns,
Just like we all break in turn.