It's wrong to wallow in it
Break it for the sake of others
Who don't understand
Force yourself through life
And perhaps when they are happy
You will be too
Through them
And maybe if you're lucky
Even through yourself
The alternative can't be welcome
If there's nothing after
Surely something is better than nothing
No matter what that something is
But not necessarily
There are times when nothing is
Far better than something
Times when it isn't possible to go on
When it isn't worth going on
When all joy is leeched out of the world
When the only thing to look to is pain
The alternative becomes not just welcome
But desired, a comfort
Though to realise this
Is frightening
But these feelings pass!
Surely it would be foolish
To give up when things will get better
And you'll wonder how you could even think
Of preferring nothing to something
Because this isn't forever
Even if it is recurring
The trick is to get through it
To come out the other side
Be strong and optimistic
And things will get better
Yes, but then they get worse again
And nothing looks attractive again
A rest, without pain
Because let's face it
We're all going to suffer
Unless we die at birth
Every human being
Will face dreadful loss
And eventually die themselves
Personally I would prefer to choose
Than to be taken
To end the way I want to
With dignity
There is no dignity in what you suggest!
It's a cowardly act
Which achieves nothing
At least by continuing
There is hope
And hope is better than nothing
No matter how dark the day seems
The sun may come out again
The important thing is courage
Not events themselves but
How we deal with them
How we deal with ourselves
Fear is better than grief
Because fear holds an element of hope
Your argument then
Would be against achieving nothing
Due to fear
That at least makes sense
You are telling me to wait
And see if it gets better
Rather than trying to pre-empt fate
And during this time
I take pleasure in the little things
Distractions from pain
And have faith that something really is better than nothing.
Break it for the sake of others
Who don't understand
Force yourself through life
And perhaps when they are happy
You will be too
Through them
And maybe if you're lucky
Even through yourself
The alternative can't be welcome
If there's nothing after
Surely something is better than nothing
No matter what that something is
But not necessarily
There are times when nothing is
Far better than something
Times when it isn't possible to go on
When it isn't worth going on
When all joy is leeched out of the world
When the only thing to look to is pain
The alternative becomes not just welcome
But desired, a comfort
Though to realise this
Is frightening
But these feelings pass!
Surely it would be foolish
To give up when things will get better
And you'll wonder how you could even think
Of preferring nothing to something
Because this isn't forever
Even if it is recurring
The trick is to get through it
To come out the other side
Be strong and optimistic
And things will get better
Yes, but then they get worse again
And nothing looks attractive again
A rest, without pain
Because let's face it
We're all going to suffer
Unless we die at birth
Every human being
Will face dreadful loss
And eventually die themselves
Personally I would prefer to choose
Than to be taken
To end the way I want to
With dignity
There is no dignity in what you suggest!
It's a cowardly act
Which achieves nothing
At least by continuing
There is hope
And hope is better than nothing
No matter how dark the day seems
The sun may come out again
The important thing is courage
Not events themselves but
How we deal with them
How we deal with ourselves
Fear is better than grief
Because fear holds an element of hope
Your argument then
Would be against achieving nothing
Due to fear
That at least makes sense
You are telling me to wait
And see if it gets better
Rather than trying to pre-empt fate
And during this time
I take pleasure in the little things
Distractions from pain
And have faith that something really is better than nothing.