Memento Mori

You drift through life and say: “I’ll do it another day” because you do what you always do And, yes, you’re going to scoff, but you always put things off Surely the goal is to take control And you would see what I mean if you could just stop being so nonchalant And look how all the trees have already lost their leaves This year’s going to disappear And you know that it’s true, the world won’t wait for you You’ve got to make a move You can’t ignore that there’s a door that is just waiting for you to unlock It’s not just about you; it affects me, too We’re all running against the clock I can see the mountains from here and they don’t look too high I can see the mountains from here and they don’t look too high