Headlights through the kitchen window
Head down on the table watching an abstract puppet show
With the light hope rises in the darkness, well, there it goes
As I lose myself in chiaroscuro
Car keys clatter on the tile
Your voice like a frightened child’s: he’s had some kind of stroke
Be calm my dear, I’m just moving a little slow
As it all approaches absolute zero
Now there's no one behind the curtain
I know it's an awful burden, but that's the way it goes
I’d let you off the hook but by now you and I should know
We’re involved in something irreversible
They say nothing survives
I’m afraid of my posthumous state
I don't know if karmic residue is something that you'd even recognize
So here's what I'm going to do:
Take some time to erase myself, and then
Whatever's left I'll leave with you