Faraway Dogs - Honorable Mention Lyrics

On the day that I died
The world passed me by
And gave no thought
To my imminent demise
So before I decayed
For my soul to save
I raised a fist and
Promised I would rise
On the second day of death
I took my next breath
And watched the flies
Appear one by one
I embraced them with a smile
Gladdened to beguile
Beckoning my reckoning to come

So take time, oh my loved ones
Take time
Like dusk until dawn
My heart's beginning to men
And break the arm of tomorrow
Damn your pain and sorrow
And laugh at your terminal end

After a month without grief
I learned to show my teeth
As my skin turned into a sail
Make a kite from my bones
I'll fly higher all alone
Braced firmly against the looming gales
My white and clouded eyes
Like two moons in the sky
Sink deeper in a permanent stare
They look so far beyond
My body now long gone
Think of the grin that would glow with that glare

And take time, oh my loved ones
Take time
Like dusk until dawn
My heart's beginning to men
And break the arm of tomorrow
Damn your pain and sorrow
And laugh at your terminal end

After a year of laying low
I've got no body but I've got soul
And a spirit that's learning how to bend
So to hell with ascension
Death is honorable mention
And I promised I would rise again

So take time, oh my loved ones
Take time
Like dusk until dawn
My heart's beginning to men
And break the arm of tomorrow
Damn your pain and sorrow
And laugh at your terminal end