[Verse 1]
Black suit on the back of my door
Tag still swinging like a clock on a cord
Been sleeping with the light on
Boots by the bed
Just in case the dark starts calling for my head
I trace my name in the dust on the glass
Ask my reflection
"How long will this last?"
My pulse jumps hard at the creak of the floor
Every small silence feels like a war
[Chorus]
If I gotta go
Let it be a beautiful deathday
Roses in the gutter
Thunder in the sky
Candles in the rain
Burning down the pathway
Tear-streaked faces singing me goodbye
If I gotta fall into that endless doorway
Let the clouds crack open
Turn the night to wine
Let my last breath taste like something holy
When the dark takes this frightened life of mine
[Verse 2]
I joke at wakes
But my hands always shake
Counting every heartbeat like it's bound to break
Priests say peace
But their eyes look tired
I'm a scarecrow soul on a funeral wire
I want graveyard grass between my teeth
Laughing as they lower me under the leaves
Children chasing crows through the crooked stones
Life spilling color over all these bones
[Chorus]
If I gotta go
Let it be a beautiful deathday
Roses in the gutter
Thunder in the sky
Candles in the rain
Burning down the pathway
Tear-streaked faces singing me goodbye
If I gotta fall into that endless doorway
Let the clouds crack open
Turn the night to wine
Let my last breath taste like something holy
When the dark takes this frightened life of mine
[Bridge]
Will it hurt
Will it fade
Will it tear me apart?
Will I claw at the sheets? Will I beg my heart?
Or will I see every small
Stupid thing I survived
And finally feel alive
Alive
Alive (oh)
[Chorus]
If I gotta go
Let it be a beautiful deathday
Organs shaking rafters
Thunder in my chest
Lips I love pressed warm against my pathway
"I'm right here
I'm right here
" over every breath
If I gotta fall into that endless doorway
Let the sky bleed color over blackened pines
Let the fear burn out like a spent old candle
As the dark takes this trembling life of mine
[Outro]
Black suit swinging on the back of my door
One day it won't scare me anymore