The Road to Awe

Through the glass, I watch you sleeping
Counting breaths I cannot keep
Every moment that I'm given
Is a promise I can't keep

I'm a scientist of sorrow
Searching for a cure in vain
Death's a disease I swore I'd conquer
But I'm drowning in the rain

You said death is just a doorway
A road to awe, a path to light
But I can't let you go, I can't release you
I'm not ready for the night

Together we will live forever
In the rings around the sun
When the tree of life is blooming
And the end has just begun

Death is just the road to awe now
Every shadow fears the dawn
I will find you in the starlight
Where our souls are being born

The Mayan book you left me
Says First Father sacrificed
His body grew into the roots now
His soul became the sky and light

They planted seeds upon the gravesites
The sparrow carries souls above
And I'm still fighting, still denying
That death can be an act of love

I don't know how to finish this story
You said I would, you said I will
But I'm still reaching through the darkness
For a cure that isn't real

Together we will live forever
In the rings around the sun
When the tree of life is blooming
And the end has just begun

Death is just the road to awe now
Every shadow fears the dawn
I will find you in the starlight
Where our souls are being born

All these years, all these memories
There was you — you pulled me through time
I'm not afraid anymore, Tommy
I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid

I'm going to die...
I'm going to die!
And that's okay
Forever...
Forever...
We will live forever