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    • Home
    • LIGHTHOUSE
      • A WORD ABOUT THE ALBUM
      • IMMANENT FRAME
      • CONTROL
      • TRANQUILIZE
      • LIGHTHOUSE (SONG)
      • FEAR
      • SLEEPING ALONE
      • INSIGNIFICANT
      • TEACH ME TO NUMBER MY DAYS
      • THAT I MIGHT GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM
    • ORPHEUS
      • FRAME NARRATOR
      • MOVEMENT
      • UNION
      • WINDOWPAIN
      • THE PURSUIT
      • THE LAST WINTER BEFORE SHE WAS SICK
      • ALREADY NOT YET
      • THE GREAT EXCHANGE
      • WHITEWASHED WALL
      • SABBATON
    • EPK

    TEACH ME TO NUMBER MY DAYS

    When I'm six feet down
    and I'm no use anymore,
    when I'm under the ground,
    tell me it's just like before.

    Back when I slept alright,
    in between the dreams
    none the wiser through the night,
    but now,
    I'm dressed up with no place to go.
    Back when I wasn't here,
    just imagine what it's like
    when I'm not aware,
    but really what I'd like to know...
    but really what I'd like to know....
    but really what I'd like to know is...

    What if I'm wrong?
    What if it's a long time after I'm done?
    After I'm done?
    What if I'm wrong?
    What if it's a long time after I'm done?
    After I'm done?

    If I'm dying alone
    then at least Id like to stay calm,
    when I'm trying to hope
    maybe it won't be so bad when I'm gone.

    Back when I slept alright
    in between the dreams
    none the wiser through the night,
    but now,
    I'm dressed up with no place to go.
    Back when I wasn't here
    just imagine what it's like
    when I'm not aware,
    but really what I'd like to know... 
    but really what I'd like to know.... 
    but really what I'd like to know is...

    What if I'm wrong? 
    What if it's a long time after I'm done? 
    After I'm done? 
    What if I'm wrong? 
    What if it's a long time after I'm done? 
    After I'm done?

    If you're still listening,
    let me know what I'm missing.
    If you won't release me,
    at least just meet me.

     I can't stop thinking about the drop
    where my vision would end
    and the image of darkness begins.
    There were so many different ways
    the drift of perpetual waves
    could teach me to number my days.
    But now what I'd give to believe
    that an end is the only reprieve
    if you just  make it stop.
    But the tide just keeps taunting
    and taunting
    and taunting me.
    Cause I'm not quite sure it's
    alright that
    I'm uptight
    if I leave tonight.
    The more I try to tell myself
    it's fine when I know
    forever is a long, long time.
    I'd really like to know if
    the place I go is OK,
    or if I just go away.
    Time
    is on my mind.
    And what it's like
    on the other side.
    You'll be the only one who's there when I find
    what's beyond this life
    and every mystery in it.
    Even if I cover my eyes,
    what if after death I'm not done dying?

    If you're still listening, 
    let me know what I'm missing. 
    If you won't release me, 
    at least just meet me.
    At least just meet me.

    I'm afraid to age forever, but I'm afraid to...


     

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