Goodbye lyrics

Life has scurried away

Leaving a chilly hulk behind

Lying in state for somber view

That masses might pass by

There, lie the mortal remnants

Holding fast a modest soul

Wrapped in decorations many

Lounging at perpetual attention

Silent vigilence posted near

Heads bowed in reverence

Not lent to the living being

A paradox of respect given

Farewells taken ritualistic

Tears dripping upon the land

Too saline and on barren earth

So on marble nothing grows

A friend so close lies so still

No heart beating, no voice, no

The pallor of death worn out

Denying the spirit once known

So many moments in silence

Troubling thoughts mix in

Amid those once so very dear

The ones that call tears up

They cannot come rolling

Down cheeks full of life

Weeping with sorrow's might

Careening rivlets yet caring

The numbing events bleek

Carry on in actions unthought

Going through the motions

Amid pomp and circumstance

When the bugle sounded

The protocols are all defined

Earth reclaims her creation

It's time to say goodbye

Goodbye dear one, goodbye...