as you take in this world, my child,
you're bound to lose your way.
the road just past, or tomorrow's,
lead to forever in your eyes.

mapping endless paths of sorrow
behind your hard-packed smile.
all the garbage you take into your soul,
well, it never comes back out.

in time you will grow older,
no wiser than you were.
the time you dwell in memory
is time away from life all told.

are you ready for this, unborn child?
no life, no death, no truth or lies,
you will take in more than you can see.
you will never wake, you'll never sleep,
you won't have any dreams.