Astral Rot

May God be with you As you believed that all your life, as you smile and as you shine As you slide through narrow gates And shaking hands of those who pass by, your gloved hand reaching into the sky We think of you very well And imagine your face from time to time, I see the Sun in your eyes I went through all your things and took what I liked, from what was left of a life long lived And we set them aside, these feelings we hide, complex to comprehend And I'm coming to terms with what's left to learn to appreciate life I've found no benefit in squandering it I just hurt myself And in the end I can't defend hurting those around me I'll remember you in my own way, you were never a stranger to the world Celebrate you hopelessly, a mind is a shrine if you want it to be I guess it's cliche to come to say that you have to live for the both of us now Who we could be and who we are is not a pattern in the stars - it's in us It's in the marrow of our bones, interference on telephones - it's in us You're not unborn you're not unheard there's more left to learn - in us I wrote a letter to myself 'Anchor yourself to the earth or be left behind - I can't wait for you' When all seems lost and hopeless I remember your grace and thoughtfulness, always offering a kind and unjudging ear Thinking of my past actions and behaviour, is that how I want to be seen and thought of I'm shaming a memory, I'm shaming myself I'm shaming myself Shaming myself Shaming myself I will remember you happily, shamelessly. For we are after all family We don't feel something for nothing, what's the point if we are all we seem to be As we all carry your bones within us all, we are not made of stone For you know who we are and who we could become We don't feel something for nothing I'll remember you in my own way - you were never a stranger to the world Celebrate you hopelessly, a mind is a shrine if you want it to be I guess it's cliche to come to say that you have to live for the both of us now I'll remember you in my own way - you were never a stranger to the world May God be with you As you believed that all your life, as you smile and as you shine As you slide through narrow gates And shaking hands of those who pass by, your gloved hand reaching into the sky We think of you very well And imagine your face from time to time, I see the Sun in your eyes I went through all your things and took what I liked, from what was left of a life long lived