Eulogy

In my rearview mirror dreams, I see myself staring back as a kid Asking whether I believe in all those songs the same way I did He says, "Now you've got a wife and kids In the scars that life alone can give Do you still honestly believe that we were meant to live?" It's what the race car drivers say when they press on the gas It's not the driving fast that kills you, it's the stopping fast So let this fire only burn with what could never last Every day I write the eulogy For everything I used to be I'm still aiming for a better me I am the mosaic of a shattered man Broken and becoming, broken and becoming who I am I'm a patchwork tapestry of these defeats Finally admitting I was wrong All the shattered, ruined dreams that I release Broken parts of me I thought were strong The world I thought was always and forever, and would never go away Scattered ashes of my past finds that mosaic glue Only that which has been broken once is fit to use You're where all my broken parts are finally restitute Every day I write the eulogy For everything I used to be I'm still aiming for a better me I am the mosaic of a shattered man Broken and becoming, broken and becoming who I am Who I am The mosaic of a shattered man In my rear view mirror dreams In my rear view mirror dreams I'm forever being born As even the grave gives birth to green Every day I write the eulogy For everything I used to be Every day I write the eulogy For everything I used to be I'm still aiming for a better me I am the mosaic of a shattered man Broken and becoming, broken and becoming who I am