The Agonist - ...and their eulogies sang to me

All I heard was the sound of fish who'd drowned
All I saw was the inside of my eyelids
All I said fell short of reaching open ears

Words floating, clouding the view
'See no, hear no, speak no evil'
leaves you deaf, dumb and blind,
because the bad is all you'll find.

A deeply heart-felt goodbye
to the part of me that died when I decided to
put others before me, yes, my heart fell asleep
boredom [and fatigue].

I always said I wanted to die smiling,
to pretend I'm at peace.
Now from my corpse
beams a [frigid, blank grin]
and once [hopeful eyes are sunken in]

[Like a lullaby] lullaby to the cradle
[is the] the eulogy to the casket.
[All my] flaws swept under the table
[to grieve] the porcelain doll that was me.

Their solemn songs sang me to sleep, as my body escaped me
Their solemn songs sang me to sleep, as my body, yes...

(Welcome down into the New World!)
(Happiness is being interred!)

Such a shameful masquerade!
Fleeting, frozen minutes on display.
Why is evolution such a shameful thing to say?
Can you feel your bodily decay?

(Arms are beside me, hands open wide.)
(Seems I was living my life in rewind, )
(taking so man steps backwards, not looking behind.)

Because I can sure as hell feel my brain going blank.
If my body betrays me, there's pollution to thank.
This condition infects my cells like it controls my mind.
Internal army, defend me behind enemy lines!
Fragile vehicle of mine, don't abandon me yet!
There is so much to live for that we so easily forget.

Fascination with the fear...
the concept escapes me.
All encompassing fate...
how it wrenches our hearts,
torments our souls
and sings us all to sleep
to an eternal keep,
no matter what beliefs,
it sweetly sings us all...