I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile isn't it? Time chasing after all of us, isn't that right?

Do we see only the stars if we die at night?  

Do we see only clouds if we die in the day?

Do we write it all now as Death comes along?

Do we only say now what we have wanted to say?  

Shall we swim over oceans and hear mermaids song?

Shall we smoke on a pipe and beat a Red Indian drum?

Shall we fight like a pirate, over silver and gold?  

Or miss our mothers arms and the secrets that we never told?  

Tears can flood a house  as we grow up and down

Tears can be a river through which trials are swum

Falling and falling in a world of no sense

Wanting normality, wanting our mum.

Why cry over princes when your Daddy is King?  

Why walk and run if when you believe you can fly?

Why languish in your Tower and weep for your Knight

Little Princess, don't cry, heroes never die

Shall we dance in gold ballrooms?  Shall we bathe in champagne? 

Shall we  sing in the sunshine or kiss in the rain?

Or shall we wallow in sadness, youthful and insane?

Wondering how long it will take, if they'll be seen again?

I'm sorry for being selfish, that I didn't die today.  

Too scared of the wheels of an oncoming train

I know that it would help if I just disappeared.

I'm sorry my love that I'm scared of the pain.  

Would the other side be brighter?  Would it keep me warm?  

Would He hold me in his hands to shelter me from the storm?  

Death is my duty, it needs to be done.  So why put it off?  Why do I cry?  

I leave this world for you and me, but not quite today.  

Let me see the sunrise, please, let it not be today.