There Are Better Ways to Die - Tanuki

I saw a watchful eye

Cast a shadow with it’s gaze and take a life

I froze along with time

Knowing this was doomed to ruin by design

I spoke without a breath

It echoed all the ones I laid to rest

I pulled out every knot

And quietly abandoned what we sought

They grow from empty seeds

Their roots take hold of me

Sink beneath my nails and whisper to the deep

They claw at every wall

The wounded limbs that I command

Hardly fit to carry me or make this crawl

I move from silent scenes

Cutting out the rivers along the seams

I purge this aching well

And the water turns to drown this private hell

I felt the gravity

An ever-pressing weight that cripples me

I’ve shared my shattered soul

There’s nothing left of me just let me go

Only fools could live this way

Only cowards can accept

No matter how this plays we’ll reach the end the same

The tears don’t need to dry

It won’t always hurt this much

Can you at least believe there are better ways to die?

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways

There are better ways to die

There are better ways to die!

There are better ways to die!