[Verse]

If I bled golden

I’d still grieve the earth

I’d tend to the orchards

I’d cry for the girls

If each breath was habit

Resting in vain

I’d have all the pride still

But none of the shame

[Chorus]

That comes with knowing you’ve wasted your time

There’d be so much left of mine

Left of mine

[Verse]

If I bled golden

Not violent red

I’d have a lifetime

To remember regrets

I would be better

Than those come before

With all that knowledge

I’d be good to the core

[Chorus]

I’d have too much to waste my time

There’d be so much left of mine

Left of mine

[Bridge]

I would know what it means to lose

Something worth keeping

I’m the constant in your transience

Eternally even

Everything I’d grow to love is

Something fleeting

One of my days would be

More than all of yours

I’d never be yours

[Verse]

If I bled golden

I’d still grieve the earth

I’d ponder its passing

I’d cry for my world

But after my always

What would be left

I’d rather be shameful

I’d rather fear death

I’d rather fear death