Dust and Ashes - Josh Groban

Written by：Dave Malloy

Is this how I die

Ridiculed and laughed at

Wearing clown shoes

Is this how I die

Furious and reckless

Sick with booze

How did I live

I taste every wasted minute

Every time I turned away

From the things that might have healed me

How long have I been sleeping

Is this how I die

Frightened like a child

Lazy and numb

Is this how I die

Pretending and preposterous

And dumb

How did I live

Was I kind enough and good enough

Did I love enough

Did I ever look up and see the moon and the stars and the sky

Oh why have I been sleeping

They say we are asleep until we fall in love

We are children of dust and ashes

But when we fall in love we wake up

And we are a god and angels weep

But if I die here tonight

I die in my sleep

All of my life I spent searching

The words of poets and saints and prophets and kings

Now at the end all I know

That I've learned is that all that I know is I don't know a thing

So easy to close off

Place the blame outside

Hiding in my room at night

So terrified

All the things I could've been

But I never had the nerve

Life and love I don't deserve

So alright

Alright

I've had my time

Close my eyes

Let the death bells chime

Bury me in burgundy

I just don't care

Nothing's left

I looked everywhere

Is this how I die

Was there ever any other way my life could be

Is this how I die

Such a slough of feelings inside of me

But then why am I screaming

Why am I shaking

Oh god was there something that I missed

Did I squander my divinity

Was happiness within me the whole time

They say we are asleep until we fall in love

We are children of dust and ashes

But when we fall in love we wake up

And we are a god and angles weep

But if I die here tonight

I die in my sleep

They say we are asleep until we fall in love

And I'm so ready

To wake up now

I wanna wake up

Don't let me die while I'm like this

I wanna wake up

God don't let me die while I'm like this

Please let me wake up now

God don't let me die while I'm like this

I'm ready

I'm ready

To wake up