When My Time Comes
Dawes Lyrics

There were moments of dreams I was offered to save.
I had occasional dreams where I had the chance to make a difference and be a hero.

I lived less like a workhorse, More like a slave.
I felt trapped in my life and was just going through the motions like a slave instead of living with purpose.

I thought that one quick moment That was noble or brave Would be worth the most of my life.
I hoped that one brave or noble moment would define my life with more value than anything else.

So I pointed my fingers And shouted few quotes I knew, As if something that's written Should be taken as true.
I resorted to simplistic arguments and quotations even though they may not necessarily be true, and expected others to accept them as such.

But every path I had taken And conclusion I drew Would put truth back under the knife.
All my conclusions and paths I took seemed to devalue the truth even more than before.

And now the only piece of advice that continues to help Is anyone that's making anything new only breaks something else.
The only reminder that sustains me is that all progress involves change at the expense of something else.

When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh. When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh.
When I die, I want to get closure with the life choices I've made.

So I took what I wanted And put it out of my reach. I wanted to pay for my successes With all my defeats.
Instead of being complacent, I challenged myself to achieve more but then set those things I wanted out of my reach to pay the price for my failures.

And if Heaven was all That was promised to me Why don't I pray for death?
If the only thing the afterlife promises me is heaven, then wouldn't it be better to pray for death to escape this life's miseries?

Now it seems like the unravelling Started too soon. Now I'm sleeping in hallways And I'm drinking perfume, And I'm speaking to mirrors, And I'm howling at moons, While the worse and the Worse that it gets.
Everything is falling apart too quickly, and I'm now resorting to coping mechanisms like sleeping in hallways, drinking perfume, talking to mirrors, and howling in despair.

Oh you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks. Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
You can easily judge the world for its flaws, but remember that the world will judge you back with the same intensity.

When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh. When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh.
When I die, I want to get closure with the life choices I've made.

Well you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks. Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
You can easily judge the world for its flaws, but remember that the world will judge you back with the same intensity.

When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh. When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh.
When I die, I want to get closure with the life choices I've made.

When my time comes, Oh oh oh oh.
When I die, I hope to confront and reflect on the choices I made in life.