Well, a wagon was rambling over rocky ground
with a rope on the back, that drug on the ground,
and I held on to that rope, though it was hurtin like hell,
though I was bleeding and broke, though it was hurtin like hell.
But today I let go and just lay on the ground,
And I stared at the sky; let the flies circle round.
And I was bleeding to death, but I just couldn’t care,
Cause the earth was just dirt, and the sky was just air.
So you can take this world away from me now,
Let my blood trickle out, it don’t mean nothing somehow.
The things that I wanted, I don’t care anymore;
There ain’t nothing here, babe, that means nothing no more.
And if there’s life after death, I guess I’ll see you around,
And if not, then take care, I guess I’ll see you around.
I ain’t sure what to wish you; I don’t know what’s worthwhile.
I never found it I guess; I just don’t know what’s worthwhile.
A billion opinions swirling around,
like winds in the sky they just blew me around.
That it’s good to be good, and bad to be bad,
That it’s good to be happy, and sad to be sad,
That I should fight to live, but believe that I’ll die,
Believe that life is worthwhile, and we just don’t know why.
Try to stay young, but believe I’ll grow old;
Fight against fear, and live upon hope.
But you can take this world, I’m through with it now;
Everything that I wanted, it just turned empty somehow.
If you’re happy to win, I’ll be happy to lose;
You can take what I have, cause baby I’m through.
Now I know if I stayed that my feelings would change,
Cause feelings is just winds, and they don’t stay the same.
The blue that I’m feeling would turn into cheer, and then
I’d start to feel hope, and I’d start to feel fear.
And around the next corner, the future would look real bright,
At least that’s what I’m told, and they’re probably right.
I might fall in love; I probably would.
I’d probably eat lots of food that tastes good.
I’d probably laugh and I’d probably smile, and
I’d start to make money, after a while.
I could be famous and travel the world,
Have a funeral attended by a billion or more.
But still the earth is just earth, and the sky is just air,
Friends are just people who feel that they care.
Hope is just hope, and fear is just fear.
The past is collapsed, and the future ain’t real.
The earth is just dirt, and the sky is just space.
Joy’s just a feeling, and sweet’s just a taste.
Blue’s just a color; a tree’s just a tree,
And none of these things don’t mean nothing to me.
So please take this world; I’m through with it now.
All the men that I wanted, they don’t mean nothing somehow.
I can tell them goodbye with no pain on my face;
There ain’t nothing I want anymore in this place.
So you can take this world; I’m through with it now,
Every feeling and thing it can belong to you now.
You can stay and be king, I’ll let go and be free;
There ain’t nothing here, babe, that means nothing to me.
You can just have everything I was once living for;
There ain’t nothing here, babe, that means nothing no more.