Built to break a sense of purpose as we fall To endless slumber holding on to the pieces as they ebb away Time and tide awaits no one only the early bird catches the prey Or go hungry in this world of disarray Remembering that nothing lasts forever In this deforming state of consciousness We're left to live what's left behind Only dining on memories of the future Bringing us the same defeat Revel in oblivion discard your mortal shell And embrace the end as life wears thin Revel in oblivion Now you paint your piece on the canvas To be covered up by the next in this bloodline frailty But without an ending why seek to reach the highest peaks With fragility and weakness in mind another reason to Revel in oblivion discard your mortal shell And embrace the end as life wears thin Revel in oblivion the darkness grows within Embrace the cold as the lights go dim Revel in oblivion Our chance is fleeting and ends but a moment much too soon Etch in deep secure your place in the precious flow of nature's flawed embrace No one escapes