Absence (When I'm Gone) Lyrics

When the clock runs dry, and the sands slide clean

When I rest too long and wake up inbetween

When day flows into night like a river of dreams

Then I'll know the hands of time won't hit thirteen

What will I do when I wake betwixt

Two kingdoms where their lights and their ways don't mix

Will I cry with regret as I sail River Styx

Or wake up to a choir sweet like Heaven's Kiss

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When I'm gone

Gone

Will my absence mean anything

In the great beyond

When I'm gone

And what of the people I leave behind?

Will my legacy be something to reside in their minds?

Did I make an impact that could change their lives?

Or did leaving my mark turn to dropping the wine?

Will they miss me, or diss me?

Will their perception contest me?

What will they say when the rose is white?

When the fire's gone, and I've dimmed the light?

Will they have anything to say to me?

Will their words be those of blessing or those of disease?

I pray as I live and breathe that I have been

Good enough that when I pass I will have earned my wings

When I'm gone

Gone

Will my absence mean anything

In the great beyond

When I'm gone