I say:

Don’t go.

Wait until I’m gone

I know the lake on which you’ll row

Still waiting for the dawn

We haven’t got much time

So I’ll keep my words a few

Darling—read these rhymes

Remember I love you.

You say:

Truth is we all are selfish beings

Riding towards the night

Thinking ourselves all-seeing

We dream of immortal flight

But that deception cause us lie

While we wither in the crowd

No one’s time a lullaby

For those already in the ground!

I say–

But I will sing for you

I will sing till my lungs burst

For all of life’s unfairness, its sorrow and its hurt

So do not go till I am gone

For this song yes it takes me

But you’ll all grow with ceaseless rest

And we’ll meet again in glory