Goodbye to what, if hello to never

So long to someday too

Just dig a hole

And put my coffin under

How many times have I tried to sever?

How long until I'm through

But if I let go

I know I'll often wonder

So never run

I can think a way out of it

Don't pretend to know how

But I know why

Try to swim but don't sink

Come up above it

Treading water right now

It's do or die

I know better than anyone, it's true

I'm getting on but I'm getting better too

Admit defeat, let down your defenses

Why do you have to fight

A losing cause

To find the thing you're missin'?

Know when you're beat and come to your senses

Still I'm compelled to write

Without applause

And though no one will listen

So never run

I can think a way out of it

Don't pretend to know how

But I know why

Try to swim but don't sink

Come up above it

Get it going right now

It's do or die

Give it up or get away

I shouldn't wonder

In a decade or a day

It's hard to tell

Give it up or get it right

I'm going under

Yeah, but not without a fight

It's just as well

I know better than anyone could guess

I'm getting tired of all this now, I confess

If only my art could somehow relate

Then maybe my life would then imitate

The things I'd contrive and not what I feel

But would be right, it wouldn't be real

So never run

I can think a way out of it

Don't pretend to know how

But I know why

Try to swim but don't sink

Come up above it

Treading water right now

It's do or die

Give it up or get away

I shouldn't wonder

In a decade or a day

It's hard to tell

Give it up or get it right

I'm going under

Yeah, but not without a fight

It's just as well

Don't look now, they're coming after you

Dig in, though you don't know what to do

Something's gonna happen any day

But what, I can't say

I know better than anyone, it's true

I'm getting on but I'm getting better too