TEMPORARY CREATURES

When I was young, I heard stories

Of gods who drank the nectar’s glory

But then I grew up

And I grew to find these Fables boring

Get in the city

Mortal life ain’t Oh, so pretty

Rum, cigarette lungs

Fucking ourselves Just for fun

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

Melting clocks, Fleeting beauty

Anxious insects Crawling through me

Time, it’s all I see

Just one more Existential crisis

Drown everything down

Choose your booze, Find your fatale

Then pray your fears away

Sell your soul and Seal your fate

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

And one day we’ll be reclaimed

Amongst the flowers without a name

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

Decaying homes Of skin and bone

But we pretend we’re not afraid

Fantasize forever while

We’re just bound to fade

And one day, We’ll go back

A flickering flame fading to black

We’re unwrapped, Returned to earth

With all the lessons We never learned

When I was young

I heard stories

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

And one day we’ll be reclaimed

Amongst the flowers without a name

We’re just temporary creatures

Living like we’ll never die

(Never die, never die, never die)

Like we'll never die

(Never die, never die)

Die