Rough Draft

Why do we loan ourselves to the things by which We will never be repaid And feel consoled by tomorrow When today has been profaned Confused by choices or blind to cause-and-effect And a future gravestone Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph Till you crash and break like a wave I'll hope to file away my account today And see it in some value And appreciate all that I've had Before I quit this venue Confused by choices but alive to cause-and-effect An eventual gravestone Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph Till you crash and break like a wave Something about someone with a hood and a scythe Something about a date you just can't cancel Eulogies, memories, services and tombstones Flowers and candles, tears and regrets If I ask myself every day, is today the day? Then one day, it will be my final draft Lost in today Confused by choices or blind to cause-and-effect And a future gravestone, an eventual gravestone Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph Till you crash and break like a wave Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph Till you crash and break like a wave Today's a draft of your epitaph Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave Update your draft of your epitaph Till you crash and break like a wave Break like a wave