[Verse]
When you are dead the sky won’t cry
The moon won’t bend to say goodbye
Your name is ink in fading dust
Time eats away what it must
[Chorus]
When you are dead you don’t choose your mourners
No kings no queens no silent corners
The tears that fall aren’t yours to own
They’re seeds in someone else’s stone
[Verse 2]
A shadow whispers where you stood
A fading echo in the wood
No hands to reach no breath to call
Just silence painting over all
[Prechorus]
Who remembers who forgets
A tangled web of old regrets
[Chorus]
When you are dead you don’t choose your mourners
No kings no queens no silent corners
The tears that fall aren’t yours to own
They’re seeds in someone else’s stone
[Bridge]
Did you leave a flame or just a spark
A trail of light or only dark
The ones who stay the ones who stray
They’ll choose their steps when you’re away